Basics of Exponents
Basics of Exponents: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Large Numbers, Exponential Form of Numbers, Finding Expression for a Number as a Product of Powers of Prime Factors & Finding Expressions for Numbers as Product of Powers of Prime Factors etc.
Important Questions on Basics of Exponents

Why we express large number in exponential form?

If and , then find the value of the .

If Expression of as a product of its prime factors is , then




Which of these is the value of $ \text{x}$ in the equation $ {x}^{2}\times {x}^{3/2}={2}^{7}$?

What is the value of $ t$ if $ {\left(5t\right)}^{3}=1000$?

Look at the equation below:
$ {2}^{12}={\left(2\times 2\times 2\right)}^{x}$
Which of the following is the value of $ x$?

The time taken by light to travel a distance of 1 km is approximately 0.00000333564 second.
Which of these gives this time in STANDARD form?

A light year is an astronomical unit of length, defined as the distance travelled by light in vacuum in 365.25 days. One light year is approximately 9,460,000,000,000,000 m.
Which of the following represent one light year?

In the exponential form, $ {2}^{x}$, the power is _____.


$ {\left(\frac{3}{5}\right)}^{3}$ = _____
(Answer in terms of fraction only)

Mr. Sharma deposited ₹10,000 in a bank at the rate of interest 10%. The interest is compounded annually and after a few years he received ₹13,310, including his deposit and interest.
The total amount is given by the formula A = $ \text{P}{\left(1+\text{R}\right)}^{\text{n}}$ , where, $ n$ is the number of years, P is amount deposited, R = $ \frac{10}{100}$, which is the rate of interest.
The period for which Mr. Sharma deposited the amount is _____years.

The sum of the sequence $ \text{S}=\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{{3}^{2}}+\frac{1}{{3}^{3}}+\dots +\frac{1}{{3}^{\text{n}}}$, is given by S = $ \frac{r\left(1-{r}^{\text{n}}\right)}{1-r}$ , where $ r=\frac{1}{3}$ and $ n$ is the number of terms in the sequence.
What is the sum of the sequence $ \frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{{3}^{2}}+\frac{1}{{3}^{3}}+\frac{1}{{3}^{4}}$?

The product is represented as repeated multiplication:
Find the value of k.

The product is represented as repeated multiplication:
Find the value of k.

Expressing as the repeated multiplication of a number, we get .
Write the value of k.
