ExponentsPowers (bᵉ)
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Find the value of each power.
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Powers of a number worksheets
Once squares and cubes feel automatic, a power can carry any exponent — and reading bᵉ correctly is the skill that carries into every algebra course. These free printable worksheets evaluate general whole-number powers, with an answer key.
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Powers of a number
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
The base is the number being multiplied and the exponent counts how many copies of it there are, so 2⁵ is 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32 and 4⁴ is 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 = 256. Squares and cubes are the two most children already know; this sheet is the rest of the family, where the exponent climbs to four and five and the answer grows quickly.
Why this sheet works
Bases and exponents stay small enough that every answer is a whole number a child can build by repeated multiplication and check for themselves. The value of working them out by hand rather than reaching for a calculator is that the meaning of the notation stays attached to the arithmetic — 2⁵ is a product, not a pair of numbers to type.
How this one works
One question from this sheet, worked through a step at a time.
3⁴
3⁴
3⁴=3 × 3 × 3 × 3
3⁴=3 × 3 × 3 × 3
3 × 3 × 3 × 3=81
- The small number is a COUNT, not something to multiply by. 3⁴ does not mean 3 × 4 — it means how many 3s to multiply together.
- So write it out: 4 3s multiplied together — 3 × 3 × 3 × 3.
- Now it is just multiplying: 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 81.