Questions on Whole Number Exponents
Multiple-choice questions on Whole Number Exponents designed for Grade 6 students. Each question is numbered, includes five answer choices (A–E), and the answer key with full explanations is provided at the end.
Whole Number Exponents – Grade 6
Multiple-Choice Questions (1–20)
1. What is 2²?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
E) 3
2. What is 3³?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 27
D) 12
E) 18
3. What is the value of 5²?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 25
D) 20
E) 30
4. What does 4³ mean?
A) 4 × 3
B) 4 + 4 + 4
C) 4 × 4 × 4
D) 4 × 4
E) 3 × 3 × 3
5. Evaluate: 10²
A) 20
B) 100
C) 1,000
D) 200
E) 50
6. What is 6²?
A) 36
B) 12
C) 24
D) 30
E) 42
7. What is 2³?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
E) 12
8. What is the base in 7²?
A) 2
B) 7
C) 49
D) 14
E) 1
9. What is 4⁰?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 4
D) Undefined
E) 2
10. What is the exponent in 3⁴?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 7
D) 81
E) 12
11. Evaluate: 1⁵
A) 0
B) 5
C) 1
D) 10
E) 15
12. Which expression is equal to 2⁴?
A) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2
B) 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
C) 4 × 2
D) 8
E) 16 × 2
13. What is 9²?
A) 81
B) 18
C) 72
D) 27
E) 90
14. Evaluate: 3² + 2²
A) 9
B) 10
C) 13
D) 11
E) 12
15. What is 0²?
A) 0
B) 1
C) Undefined
D) 2
E) 10
16. What is 8²?
A) 64
B) 48
C) 56
D) 72
E) 66
17. Which is the same as 10³?
A) 10 × 3
B) 10 + 10 + 10
C) 1,000
D) 300
E) 30
18. What is the value of 7¹?
A) 0
B) 7
C) 1
D) 14
E) 49
19. What is 11²?
A) 121
B) 122
C) 111
D) 100
E) 110
20. Which of the following shows 5³ written out?
A) 5 × 3
B) 5 × 5
C) 5 × 5 × 5
D) 3 × 3 × 3
E) 25 × 3
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Answer Key with Full Text Explanation
1. B) 4 – 2² = 2 × 2 = 4
2. C) 27 – 3³ = 3 × 3 × 3 = 27
3. C) 25 – 5² = 5 × 5 = 25
4. C) 4 × 4 × 4 – A cube means multiplying the number three times.
5. B) 100 – 10² = 10 × 10 = 100
6. A) 36 – 6² = 6 × 6 = 36
7. B) 8 – 2³ = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8
8. B) 7 – The base is the number being raised to a power.
9. B) 1 – Any non-zero number to the power of 0 is 1.
10. B) 4 – The exponent is the small number written above and to the right.
11. C) 1 – 1 to any power is always 1.
12. A) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 – 2⁴ means four factors of 2.
13. A) 81 – 9² = 9 × 9 = 81
14. C) 13 – 3² + 2² = 9 + 4 = 13
15. A) 0 – 0² = 0 × 0 = 0
16. A) 64 – 8² = 8 × 8 = 64
17. C) 1,000 – 10³ = 10 × 10 × 10 = 1,000
18. B) 7 – 7¹ = 7
19. A) 121 – 11² = 11 × 11 = 121
20. C) 5 × 5 × 5 – 5³ means 5 multiplied by itself three times.
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