Solve :
(i)` 2/3 - 5/3`
(ii) `2/3 - (-5/3 )`
(iii)` -2/3 - (-5/3 )`
(iv) `(-2/3 ) - 5/3`

Evaluate: (i) 4 ^(-3) (ii) ((1)/(2 )) ^(-5) (iii) ((4)/(3))^(-3) (iv) (-3) ^(4) (v) ((-2)/(3)) ^(-5)

Find the (i) 2/5 -: 1/2 (ii) 4/9 -: 2/3 (iii) 3/7 -: 8/7 (iv) (2) 1/3 -: 3/5 (v) (3) 1/2 -: 8/3 (vi) 2/5 -: (1) 2/3 (vii) (3) 1/5 -: (1) 2/3 (viii) (2) 1/5 -: (1) 1/5

Evaluate: (i) 3 ^(-4) " "(ii) (-4) ^(3) " "(iii) ((3)/(4))^(-2)" "(iv) ((-2)/(3)) ^(-5) " "(v) ((5)/(7))^(0)

Find (i) 1/2 of (ii) (2) 3/4 (iii) (4) 2/9 (iv) 5/8 of (v) (3) 5/6 (ii) (9) 2/3

Find the difference: (i) 5/7-2/7 (ii) 5/6 - 3/4 (iii) 3 1/5-7/10 (iv) 7-4 2/3 (v) 3 3/10-1 7/15 (vi) 2 5/9-1 7/15

Find the slopes of the lines passing through the following points : (i) (1,5) and (3,2) (ii) (-4,3) and (-6,3) (iii) (1,3) and (1,4) (iv) (2,-1) and (3,2)

(i) (1.2)^3 (ii) (3.5)^3

Evaluate: (i) 5 ^(-3) " " (ii) ((1)/(3))^(-4) " "(iii) ((5)/(2))^(-3)" "(iv)(-2)^(-5)" "(v) ((-3)/(4)) ^(-4)

Find : (i) 9^(3//2) (ii) 32^(2//5) (iii) 16^(3//4) (iv) 125^(-1//3)

Which is greater in each of the following: (i) (2)/(3),(5)/(2)( ii) (-5)/(6),(-4)/(3)( iii) (-3)/(4),(2)/(-3)( iv) (-1)/(4),(1)/(4)(v)(-3)(2)/(7),(-3)(4)/(5)