Power & Notation Lab

Explore, practice, and print exponent and scientific notation activities.

Choose Your Activity

Start with an animated demonstration, practice online with immediate feedback, or generate a printable problem set with a separate answer key.

Powers Explorer

Use positive and negative bases with exponents from −4 through 4. See repeated multiplication, reciprocals, fractions, and decimals.

Scientific Notation Explorer

Watch the decimal move one place at a time for positive and negative powers of 10.

Online Practice

Practice powers, scientific notation, or a mixed set. Every answer receives detailed, immediate feedback.

Printable Practice

Create a classroom-ready worksheet. Problems print first, and the complete answer key starts on a separate page.

Power Table Challenge

Complete a two-column chart for one random base from exponent −4 through 4. About half of the powers and half of the values are already filled in.

Powers Explorer

Choose a base and exponent to see exactly what the notation means.

1. Choose a base

2. Negative exponent answer

3. Animation

Negative exponent: reciprocalZero exponent: equals 1Positive exponent: repeated multiplication
Negative bases are shown with parentheses, such as (−3)2. If the base is 0, negative exponents are unavailable because division by 0 is undefined.

Scientific Notation Explorer

Watch the decimal move when a number is multiplied by a positive or negative power of 10.

1. Choose a coefficient

2. Choose a power of 10

A positive exponent moves the decimal to the right. A negative exponent moves the decimal to the left. Each power of 10 moves it one place.

Power Table Challenge

Use one base to complete a chart from exponent −4 through 4. Some powers are shown and some values are shown—you fill in the missing partner.

Base

Mode

Printable Sets

For a missing power, type the exponent number in the box. Use the − button to add or remove a negative sign. Negative exponent values may be entered as fractions or decimals. Example: for base 2, 2−3 may be entered as 1/8 or 0.125. Printable answer keys always begin on a separate page.

Online Practice

Build a practice round and receive detailed feedback immediately after every response.

Topic

Activity

Number

Difficulty

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For negative exponents, students may type an equivalent fraction such as 1/8 or a decimal such as 0.125. Scientific notation conversion questions accept standard decimal notation. Choose Powers or Scientific Notation first. The Ordering activity then automatically uses only that topic: powers/negative powers for Powers, and scientific/standard/expanded notation for Scientific Notation.

Printable Practice

Generate a worksheet with a separate answer-key page.

Topic

Activity

Number

Difficulty

When printed, all student problems appear before the answer key. The answer key is forced to begin on a new page.