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Trail Maps and Elevation Powers

Practice writing and evaluating numerical expressions with whole-number exponents using trail maps, route choices, and elevation changes.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.EE.A.1

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students write repeated multiplication as numerical expressions with whole-number exponents.
  • Students evaluate powers and numerical expressions using the order of operations.
  • Students use numerical expressions with exponents to solve trail-planning problems.

How to use

Use for independent practice after introducing exponents. Have students show intermediate calculations on separate paper and discuss the final error-analysis question.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.EE.A.1

Write and evaluate numerical expressions that use whole-number exponents.

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Trail Maps and Elevation Powers

Write and evaluate expressions to check a hiking plan.

Read the Map Notes

Use exponents to represent repeated multiplication. Evaluate each power without a calculator.

1.
A trail-planning notebook shows 5 × 5 × 5. Which expression writes this product using an exponent?
  • A. 3⁵
  • B. 5³
  • C. 5 × 3
  • D. 5⁵
2.
Another map note contains the product 4 × 4 × 4 × 4.

When this product is written as a power with base 4, what is the exponent?  

3.
A square section of the trail map is 6 km on each side. Its area is 6² square kilometers.

Evaluate 6²:   square kilometers

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