Properties of Exponents Puzzle

Students will put their properties of exponents knowledge to the test with this original math puzzle activity! Designed for eighth-grade learners, this worksheet invites students to cut out puzzle pieces and match numerical expressions with exponents to equivalent single-term numerical expressions with only positive exponents. Students will need to use the product of powers property, the power of a power property, the quotient of powers property, the negative exponent property, and the zero exponent property to simplify expressions with exponents. As a warm-up, students can try the Properties of Exponents worksheet, which reviews the properties of exponents.