6th grade exponents worksheets

Exponents are shorthand for repeated multiplication, and 6th grade is where they become everyday notation. Your child evaluates powers like 3^4, rewrites 5 × 5 × 5 as 5^3, and expands powers back into their factors.

Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core 6.EE.A.1.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Evaluate each power, or rewrite it as asked.

9^3 =
Answer: 729
10^4 =
2^3 =

Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.

What's on each sheet

Fluency. Evaluate each power, or rewrite it as asked. 12 questions per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Have your child write out every power as multiplication before evaluating it: 3^4 becomes 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 first, then 81. That writing-out step is the whole lesson. Once the answers come easily, ask them to go the other way and turn 5 × 5 × 5 into a power.

Watch for: Kids read 3^4 as 3 × 4 and write 12. The exponent counts factors, so 3^4 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 81. Squaring looks like doubling, but 5^2 means 5 × 5 = 25, not 5 + 5.

Common questions about exponents

What kinds of problems are on the sheet?: Three kinds, mixed: evaluate a power like 3^4, write repeated multiplication like 5 × 5 × 5 as a power, and expand a power like 2^3 back out. The answer key covers all of them.
How big do the numbers get?: Bases run 2 through 10, exponents 2 through 4, and the larger bases stay squared. Answers top out in the hundreds, so this is about the notation, not long arithmetic.

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Aligned to Common Core 6.EE.A.1. Reviewed by the One more sheet curriculum team. Content version 123, updated July 2026.