Math Ladder

Exponents, radicals and complex numbers worksheets Grade 10

Negative and rational exponents, higher roots, rationalizing denominators, radical equations and complex numbers.

  1. Zero and negative exponentsSimplify expressions with zero and negative exponents, writing answers with positive exponents.
  2. Rational exponentsEvaluate fraction exponents: the denominator is the root and the numerator is the power.
  3. Converting between radicals and rational exponentsRewrite radicals as fraction exponents and fraction exponents as radicals.
  4. Exponent rules with rational exponentsUse the exponent rules with fraction exponents.
  5. Simplifying cube roots and higher rootsTake the largest perfect cube or fourth power out of the root.
  6. Rationalizing the denominatorRemove roots from the denominator by multiplying by the root or the conjugate.
  7. Solving radical equationsIsolate the root, square both sides, solve and check.
  8. Imaginary numbers and powers of iSimplify square roots of negatives and powers of i.
  9. Adding, subtracting and multiplying complex numbersCombine real and imaginary parts and multiply complex numbers, writing a + bi.
  10. Dividing complex numbersMultiply the top and bottom by the conjugate, then write a + bi.

Unit packet

One two-sided worksheet for every topic, then the unit test, with the answer key at the back. Fresh each time.

Unit test

Two problems from every topic. Pass it and move up to the next unit.