Year 8 Powers Worksheets | Printable PDFs
Year 8 Powers worksheets for Year 8 Maths (Key Stage 3). Students aged 12-13 here learn how to multiply by powers of ten. When we multiply by powers of ten it moves the digits to the left, making the number larger. For example, 4.7 × 10 = 47, 4.7 × 100 = 470 and 4.7 × 1000 = 4700
Students also learn about powers, roots, square numbers, cube numbers. Students practise working with powers and roots, as well as multiplying and dividing by powers of ten. For more questions which practice the laws of indices, check out Year 9 Powers Worksheets.
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Powers and Roots
Multiplying and Dividing by Ten
Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of Ten
For more Powers Worksheets, see Year 9 Powers Worksheets
Common Questions about Year 8 Powers
What is a power?
A power shows how many times a number is multiplied by itself. For example, 3² means 3 × 3 and 33 means 3 x 3 x 3.What is a square root?
A square root is a number that multiplies by itself to make another number. For example, √25 = 5.How can you estimate a square root?
Find the two square numbers it lies between. For example, √30 is between √25 and √36, so it is between 5 and 6.
Year 8 Powers Common Mistakes
Common Mistake 1
Multiplying a number by the power instead of itself repeatedly.Common Mistake 2
Confusing square roots with square numbers.Common Mistake 3
Using the wrong pair of square numbers when estimating roots.
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