Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE

Indices I

83 practice questions on Indices I, with worked solutions and instant marking.

$2^{p}=\frac{1}{8^{4}}$

Feb/March 2018

Simplify $5 \times x^0$.

Feb/March 2020

Work out $x^{12} \div x^3$.

Feb/March 2021

Simplify $(343x^{9})^{\frac{2}{3}}$.

Feb/March 2021

State the value of $h$.

Feb/March 2024

Simplify the expression $\left(\dfrac{x^2}{4}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}$.

Feb/March 2025

Simplify $5x^0$.

May/June 2015

Simplify $12x^{12} \div 3x^3$.

May/June 2015

Calculate $(2.1 - 0.078)^{17}$, and give your answer correct to 4 significant figures.

May/June 2016

Calculate $(2.1 - 0.078)^{17}$, and give your answer accurate to 4 significant figures.

May/June 2016

Write the decimal form of $5^{-3}$.

May/June 2017

Simplify the expression $(x^2)^5$.

May/June 2017

Simplify the expression $\left(x^2\right)^5$.

May/June 2017

For $2^r = \frac{1}{16}$, find the value of $r$.

May/June 2017

Simplify the expression $6w^{0}$.

May/June 2017

Simplify the expression $(x^3)^4$.

May/June 2018

Determine the value of $p$ when $5^p \div 5^8 = 5^{13}$.

May/June 2018

Work out the value of $4^{-2}$.

May/June 2018

$3^{-q} \times \frac{1}{27} = 81$. Find the numerical value of $q$.

May/June 2018

Simplify the expression $(3p^2)^5$.

May/June 2018

Simplify the expression $t^{21} \div t^{7}$.

May/June 2019

Simplify the expression $5m^2 \times 2m^3$.

May/June 2019

Simplify the expression $(81y^{16})^{\frac{3}{4}}$.

May/June 2019

Simplify the expression $t^{21} \div t^{7}$.

May/June 2019

Simplify this expression.

May/June 2019

Write $\dfrac{1}{2\times2\times2\times2\times2}$ in the form of a power of 2.

May/June 2021

The equation $7^{x} \div 7^{4} = 7^{9}$ is provided.

May/June 2021

Simplify $3x^3 \times 4x^4$ by applying index laws.

May/June 2021

Simplify $3x^3 \times 4x^4$.

May/June 2021

Calculate the value of $4^5 - 5^4$.

May/June 2022

$9^x \times 9^2 = 9^{12}$

May/June 2022

Simplify the expression $y^3 \div y^5$.

May/June 2022

$4^x=\dfrac{1}{64}$

May/June 2022

Determine $p$ in $6^p \times 6^4 = 6^{28}$.

May/June 2022

Using the relation $m^{-\frac{1}{4}} = 27m^{-1}$, find the value of $m$.

May/June 2022

Simplify the expression $y^3 \div y^5$.

May/June 2022

Simplify the expression $18x^{12} \div 3x^{3}$.

May/June 2023

Simplify the expression $d^8 \div d^2$.

May/June 2023

Simplify the expression $d^8 \div d^2$.

May/June 2023

Find $137^0$.

May/June 2024

The equation $5^7 \div 5^x = 5^3$ is provided.

May/June 2024

Using $3^p \times 3^4 = 3^{10}$, find the value of $p$.

May/June 2025

Find the reciprocal value of $\frac{1}{3}$.

May/June 2025

Simplify this expression.

May/June 2025

Simplify $\dfrac{r^6}{r^2}$.

Oct/Nov 2015

Simplify $\left(\frac{x^{64}}{16y^{16}}\right)^{\frac{1}{4}}$.

Oct/Nov 2015

Simplify $n^2 \times n^5$.

Oct/Nov 2016

Write $5^{-3}$ in fractional form.

Oct/Nov 2016

Simplify the expression $36y^5 \div 4y^2$.

Oct/Nov 2016

Find the simplified form of $n^2 \times n^5$.

Oct/Nov 2016

Simplify the expression $(m^{5})^{2}$.

Oct/Nov 2017

Find the value of $2^{-4} \times 2^{5}$.

Oct/Nov 2017

Simplify the expression $y^4 \times y^5$.

Oct/Nov 2017

Work out $(m^{5})^{2}$.

Oct/Nov 2017

Calculate $2^{-4} \times 2^{5}$.

Oct/Nov 2017

Calculate $\sqrt{9 + 25^{-\frac{1}{3}}}$.

Oct/Nov 2017

$(\sqrt[3]{10})^2 = 10^p$. Calculate the value of $p$.

Oct/Nov 2017

Calculate the value of $\frac{a^5}{a^2}$.

Oct/Nov 2018

From $t^x \times t^2 = t^{10}$, determine the value of x.

Oct/Nov 2018

Calculate the value of $0.125^{-\frac{2}{3}}$.

Oct/Nov 2018

Simplify the expression $\dfrac{w^2}{w^3}$.

Oct/Nov 2018

Calculate $\left(\dfrac{125}{27}\right)^{-\frac{2}{3}}$.

Oct/Nov 2018

Simplify the expression $2x^3 \times 3x^2$.

Oct/Nov 2019

Find the value obtained from $6^0 + 6^2$.

Oct/Nov 2019

In $x^{3} \times x^{6} = x^{m}$, determine the value of $m$.

Oct/Nov 2019

Simplify the expression $2x^{2} \times 5x^{5}$.

Oct/Nov 2020

Simplify the expression $(4xy^2)^3$.

Oct/Nov 2020

Simplify the expression $a^2 \div a^6$.

Oct/Nov 2020

Simplify the expression $\dfrac{x^{2/3}}{x^{8/3}}$.

Oct/Nov 2021

Write $243 \times 27^{2n}$ in the form of one power of 3, expressed using $n$.

Oct/Nov 2021

Simplify the expression. $32g^{32} \div 4g^{4}$

Oct/Nov 2021

$5^8 \div 5^x = 5^2$. Determine the value of $x$.

Oct/Nov 2022

For $120 = 2^m \times 3 \times 5$, find $m$.

Oct/Nov 2022

Simplify: $18x^{18} \div 9x^{9}$.

Oct/Nov 2022

Using the equation $3^{3p} \times 3^{2p} = 729$, find the value of $p$.

Oct/Nov 2023

Aneel starts with 80 tea bags, $\frac{1}{2}$ kg of sugar and 1 litre of milk. For each cup of tea, he uses: • 1 tea bag • 8 grams of sugar • 40 millilitres of milk.

Oct/Nov 2023

Find the value of $2^5$

Oct/Nov 2025

Calculate the value of $5^{-5} \times 5^{5}$.

Oct/Nov 2025

\(M=2^7\times3^3\times5^2\)

Oct/Nov 2025

Determine the value of $3^2 \div 3^{-2}$.

Oct/Nov 2025

Write down the value of $73^0$.

Oct/Nov 2025

$n^{15}\div n^x=n^5$

Oct/Nov 2025

Calculate the value of $8^5$. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

Oct/Nov 2025