Unit Arithmetic — Indices, ID nS Standard Form (a) Express 6700 in standard form. (b) 3x 10°+2% 10! +4 x 10" +5 x 10°= 3024-05, where x and y are Write down the value of x and the value of y. (2200071715) 2. (a) Write down, correct to the nearest integer, the value of (896 . (b) In 1998 there were 4-9 « 10” people living in England and of these 9-3 ~ 10° were under 16 years of age. Find the number of people who were 16 or over. Give your answer in standard form. €N2000/1/9) 3. (a) Write down, correct to the nearest integer, the value of /397 . (b) Find the value of 3:6 x 10” — 6-4 « 10°. Give your answer in standard form. (Int Exam N2000/1/9) Express Rs 15471 correct to (b) The length of each side of BY ral triangle is 8 cm, correct to the nearest centimetre. Complete the sentence in the ace to show the smallest and largest possible values of the perimeter of the triangle. cm s perimeter < (Int! Exam N2000/1/7 5, Itis given that m= 8 x 10? and n= 4 x 10°. Expressing your answers in standard form, find (@) mxn, &) F (92001/1/7) Jub paid $15 million for a player. A newspaper reported that the Club would have to sell 75174 tickets (a) Write down 75174 correct to two signi (©) Use your answer to (a) and the information above to e3i in dollars, uf a ticket. 7. Find the value of ? x 7°. (N2001/1/2b) 8. Find the value of 4? 2+. (int'l Exam N2001/1/5b) rect to two significant figures, @ 386.71, Gi) 0.02049. (b) Hence estimate, correct to one significant figure, the value 386.71 * 0.02049. (iD)10. (a) A pile of 1500 sheets of paper is 6 cm high. Find the thickness of one sheet of paper (jin centimetres, giving your answer asa decimal, ai) ' 6em (b) Each shest of paper is 30 cin Jong and 20 em wide. b Find the total surface area of both sides of one sheet of paper, giving your answer in (N2001/1/12) Express. correct 10 two significant figures, (i) 2884 i) 0.03026. (bd) Hence estimate. correct to one significant figure, the value 03026. (Int'l Exam 12, Express 0.0032 in standard form. (2002/1/4b) 1. (a) Calculate the value of 94+ 9° (b) The reciprocal of 2° is 2". Write down the value ofn. (22002/1/3) 14, Given that m 2 and n= 4, evaluate Sm. (22002/2/2bi) 19, SE =r Find the value of n. N2002/1/60) 16. The population of Europe is approximately 7.0 * 10 The population of Asia is approximately 3.5 10”. The mean mass of the population of Europe is approximately 62 ky. (a) Giving your answers in standard form, estimate (i)_ the total mass of the population of Europe, (ii) hoe many more people live in Asia than in Europe. (b) Express the population of Europe as a percentage of the population of Asia. (N2002/1/12) 17. (a) Itis given that 5? « St= 1 Write down the value of k. (b) Itis given that y7= 7". Write down the value of m, (22003/1/7) 18, Find a, b and ¢ when (a) 3°=3°=27, () 125*=5, (©) 10°=0.001 (N2003/1/12) 19. Find a, 6 and c when (@) 3°+3*=27, (@) 64=8, (©) 10°=0.0001 (Unt? Exam N2003/1/11) 20, Evaluate (4), (N2004/1/6b) (py21, p=3.2* 10" and g=8* 10%. your answers in standard form, evaluate (92003/1/9) 22. The thickness of a sheet of paper is 8 * 10 “cm. Find the thickness of two sheets of paper. 2 four answer in standard form. _(N2003/1/8b) 23, The thickness of a sheet of paper is 8 » 10~ crm. Find the thickness of three sheets of paper, giving your answer in standard form. (int Exam N2003/1/7b) 24. Anatom of helium has a mass of 6.8 x 10 kilograms. (a) Express this mass in grams. Give your answer in standard form. (b) Aroom contains 9 « 10 atoms of helium. Find the mass of helium in the room. Give your answer in grams asa normal decimal number. (0N2004/1/12) 25, (a) The number 222.222 is written as shown. Circle the digit which represents the value 2x10 222.222 (b) Write 5 107 as a fraction in its simplest form. (©) Evaluate 8? (12005/1/16) 26. The population of a country is 32% 10°. ‘There are 8x 10° children. (a) What fraction of the whole population are children? Give your answer in its simplest form. (b) Find the number of adults Give your answer in standard form. (@N2005/1/5) the statements. (a) 4872 correct to 1 significant eure is (b) 4872 correct to ant figures is 4870. 28. The thickness of an oil film is 0.000 004 em. (a) Express 0.000 004 in standard form. (b) The oil covers an area of 20 m?. Calculate the volume of the oil in cubic centimetres. (2206/19) 29. (a) Evaluate 5° +5° (b) Simplify 1y> 0 (¢ }> @ («) (1D)330, The distance from the Earth to the Sun is ¢ kilometres, where ‘The distance from the Sun to Mercury is m kilometres, where m= 6x 10" (@) Express e: m as the ratio of two integers in its simplest form. (>) Each Sun Mercury e e A 1.5 x 10%km 6 = 10’km—— ‘The diagram shows when the Earth, the Sun and Mercury are in a straight line, with the Sun between the Earth and Mercu Find the distance from the Earth to Mercury. Give your answer in standard form. (N2006/1/10) 31. Evaluate @ I”, 5 © 42, © (0.2)7. 32. (a) It is given that p=4x10° and g=8x10% Expressing your answers in standard form, find p o% @ %. (0820071178) 2 3. ¢ 4.03? «29.88 Estimate the value, correct to one significant figure, of (b) (N2007/1/19) 34. By writing each number correct to 1 significant 8.622.047 0.285” 35. Evaluate @* ) 9, © 9. (:2008/1/8) 36. The Earth is 1.5 « 10* kilometres from the Sun. (@) Mercury is 5.81 = 10° kilometres from the Sun. How much nearer is the Sun to Mercury than to the Earth? Give your answer in standard form. (b) A terametre is 10! metres. Find the distance of the Earth from the Sun in terametres. (22008/1/18) (p)4basketball stadium has 13492 seats. During @ basketball team played 26 matches and every seat was sold for each ‘match, At each match a seat costs $18.80. By writing each value correct to 1 significant figure, estimate paid to watch these matches during the season. 38. It is given that m=2.1x10? and n=3x10*. Expressing your answers in standard form, find @ (b) +m. (N2008/1/7) 39. (a) Factorise (b) Evaluate 1027-98". (32009/1/4) 40. (a) Convert 0.8 kilometres into millimetres. (b) Evaluate (6.3 * 109) +(9 x 10°), giving your answer in standard form. —_(J2009/1/8) 41. Tom estimated the population of five countries in 2020 ‘The table below shows these estimates. County : c Australi 2.35x10' Brazil 1,95%10° China 1.4x10° Japan 1.3610" United Kingdom 6.9x10" (® Which country did he estimate would have @ population about 20 times that of the United Kingdom? (b) How many more people did he estimate would be in Japan than in Australia? Give your answer in Standard form. ¢N2009/1/7) 2. 2010/1/4) number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of 48.90.20 3.94 (ID)54, 45, 47. The mass and diameter of the planets in the inner solar system are shown in the table. Planet | ~ Mass kg) | Diameter (km) 12100 12800 Mas | 6.24107 6790 (a) Lise the planets in order of mass, starting with the lowest. (&) Find the radius, in kilometres, of Mars, giving your answer correct to 1 significant figure. (©) Giving your answer in standard form, find the total mass, in kilograms, of Venus and Mars. (@)_ {The volume of a sphereis 47° 3 Giving your answer in standard form, find the volume, in cubic kilometres, of the Earth (2010283) (@) Evaluate 5-5", (6) Simplify (5°) (© Simplify (8). (xz010/1/10) Express, correct to two significant figures, oO 5 (i) 020030889. (b) Use your answers to part (a) to estimate, of to one significant figure, the value 15823.769 x 0.030489. (a) The mass of one grain of rice is 0.000 02 kg. Write 0.000 02 in standard form. (b) The table shows the amoynt of rice grown in some countries in 2002. | china F Bracit | “india | Amount (tonnes) [2x0 7.6 x 10° | 8.0 x10” (Write these amounts in order, smallest first. (ii) Calculate the difference in the amount of rice grown in Brazil and Vietnam. Give your answer in standard form. (201/13) (1D) 6852 correct to two decimal places. (b) Estimate the value of > your answer correct to two significant figures. (©) By writing each number correct to one Signi figure, estimate the value of 2121.97 0.763 49, (a) Evaluate (4) (&) Evaluate 6 (©) Simplify (22F. (20121) xy 50. (a) Express the number 0,000 042 in standard form, (b) Calculate (7x10")x(3%10"), giving your answer in standard form. (N2011/1/5) SI. @) Evaluate 4°-47. (b) Simplify (2x7)’ (N2011/1/7) 52. By writing each mumber-eorrect to two significant figures, estimate, correct to one significant figure, the value of J110.94—0.2034x368.62. “(20H AMI) 53. The table below shows the populations of some countries in 2010. Indonesia Mexico Russia 14x 10% Senegal 14x10 South Korea 4.8 x 10" (a) The population of Mexico was 111210000. In the table above, complete the row for Mexico. Give your answer in standard form, correct to two significant figures. (b) Complete the following sentences ‘The population uf Russia is ten times the population of .. ‘The population of is one fifth of the population of Indonesia, (©) Calculate the difference in population between South Korea and Senegal. Give your answer in standard form. (J2012/1/20) (1D)754. (a) Find the value of a when 3° (b) Find the value of & when 8* Ha? 2. (n2012/V11) 55. (a) Write the number 0.040 589 correct to 3 significant figures (b) Giving your answer in standard form, evaluate 6x10“ +8x10°. (©) Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the value of J97 ~ 35. Show clearly the approximate values you use. 20127197) rite 0.0040751 correct to two significant figures (b) Vi31 lies bet consecutive integers. Complete the inequality belO\ ese integers. (©) Add brackets to the statement below to make “ 3x2+1?=49 57. (a) Evaluate 47, a (b) Simplify a} (02013116) 58. The table shows information about the annual coffee production of some countries in 2010. Bre Vietnam 1.85 x 107 Colombia 9.2 «10° Indonesia 8.5 «10° (@) In 2010, Brazil produced 48 million bags of coffee, Complete the table with the coffee production for Brazil, using standard form, (b) How many more bags of coffee were produced in Vietnam than in Colombia? (©) The mass of a hag of coffee is 60 kg. Work out the number of kilograms of goffee produced in Indonesia. Give your answer in standard form. (2013/1718) 59, (a) Write the number 35000000 in standard form. 4.2107 (b) Giving your answer in standard form, evaluate “7. (N2013/1/7) (1D)86.) Evaae (5) €e) Sinty (3) i 3 (©) Simplify a (N2013/1/12) 61. (a) Express 0.000 0852 in standard form. {b) Calculate (3x 10°) +(6%107), giving your answer in standard form. (s2014/1/5) 628 correct to three significant figures. (b) By writing each number co ificant figure, estimate the value of 413 9.79% 0.765 (2014/1710) 63, (a) Evaluate @ 9216, 4 (i) 16? -16°, 3a°b 12ab* 64, (a) Write sorrect to 2 significant figures. (b) Write down an estimate for the value of /28 1/5) 65. (a) Write the number 0.000567 in standard form. (b) Simplify ( : @20i4/iig) 3x10 ving your answer in standard form, evaluat (©) Gving y evaluate PTE n2014/1/12) er_correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of 2.04x 0.874" (2015/16) 67. (a) Write 0.000 005 21 in standard form. (b) Giving your answer in standard form, evaluate (6x10")x (5x10). (2015/19) (D968. (a) Evaluate @ P42, (sf (b) Simplify (4x7? (2015/1/16) 0. (0) By writing cach 70. (a) Express the number 0.000045 in standard form. (b) p=6xl0® gq =4x10" Expressing each answer in standard form, find @ pxa i) p-@. (N2015/1/10) 71. (@) Evaluate @- (&) Evaluate (3) ‘ (©) Simplify @x). 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(c) Total mass of Venus and Mars = 4.8710 + 6.42% 10 110 ke45, 46, 47. 48, 49. 50, 2 33 54, (8) vote ot an = 4 x 2808 3 2 = 1.09821 10? = 1.10107 km? 56 @ ¢ (o) 25x 4 y 4 oF 31 (2) (@)15823.769 = 16000 ea (ii) 0,0030489 = 0.0030 () sos (@ 2x10" D (©) 76x10", 2.1107, 8.0107, 12a Gi) 2.1107 ~7.6.10° 34107 tonnes (@) 005, 61 (b) 200 = W196 = 14 62, 2121.97? , 2002" O76 08 004 a. ©) 16 @ 2 64 (a) 4.2x107 (b) 2.110? 15 ‘ @ 8 (o) 8 65, U10=0.20%370 =Vi10-74 = 46 66 (2) Population of Mexico =1.1x10* (b) The population of Russia is ten times 67. the population of ..... Senegal... The population of ...South. Korea... is cone fifth of the population of Indonesia. 68, (©) 34x10" (a) a=6 (1D)2 55, Answers (@) 0.040589 ~0.0406 (©) 68x10" ©) 97-35 = 100 - 36 0.0041 @ ie B ay (be) L4x10* @ © (a) 852x107 (b) 5.0 «10° ~ (a) (b) 406 000 000 (3 [Link].) 13 40. 579 «0.765 10x 0. @ @ 6 w (iy 3 (a) 1200 Bf (b) =V9=3 5.67 x10 (b) 6.010"? (a) 0,00000521 = 5.21 x10* (b) 3.010" @ @ 9 0) TF70. @ voses 8940201 _ 902 ob) 28.8 ~~ 30 = 006 (a) 4.5x10° (b) @) Pxq=24x10% Gi) p-q= 56x10" (a) 1 (b) (c) 81x® (1D)3 Answers