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Mark : /20 %
Write in standard form
1) 60 × 106
2) 30 × 106
3) 0.4 × 107
4) 0.5 × 105
5) 0.4 × 107
6) 0.6 × 107
7) 247 × 105
8) 448 × 102
9) 0.056 × 106
10) 0.024 × 108
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Solutions for the assessment Non-Standard to Standard Form
Mark : /28 %
1) 6 × 107 2) 3 × 107
3) 4 × 106 4) 5 × 104
5) 4 × 106 6) 6 × 106
7) 2.47 × 107 8) 4.48 × 104
9) 5.6 × 104 10) 2.4 × 106
11) 0.00000000000124 12) 4958000000000
13) 0.000000000034 14) 9089000000000000000
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Prepared Mr Simon 3
Mark : /36 %
Work out and express your answer in standard form
1) (4.4 × 102 ) + (1.8 × 102 )
2) (2.6 × 10−6 ) + (1.6 × 10−6 )
3) (5.5 × 102 ) − (1.9 × 102 )
4) (4.9 × 10−4 ) − (1.3 × 10−4 )
5) (3.2 × 108 ) + (1.7 × 108 )
6) (3.8 × 107 ) − (1.4 × 107 )
7) (44.53 × 102 ) + (11.5 × 102 )
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8) (7 × 102 ) × (2 × 105 )
9) (1 × 10−2 ) × (7 × 10−2 )
10) (1 × 10−4 ) × (2 × 105 )
11) (6 × 109 ) ÷ (1 × 104 )
12) (3 × 10−6 ) ÷ (3 × 10−4 )
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Mark : /15 %
Problem Solving Questions
1) Use the information in the table to answer the questions below
Planet Image Mass (kg) Distance to Sun (km)
Jupiter �. � × ���� �. �� × ���
Venus �. �� × ���� �. �� × ���
Neptune �. �� × ���� �. � × ���
Mars �. �� × ���� �. �� × ���
a) Which planet is heaviest? ..........
b) Which planet is nearest the sun? ..........
2) Uranus is approximately 2,870,989,239 km from Earth.
How many cars of length 4m could be placed end to end to reach Uranus from Earth?
Give your answer in standard form rounded to 3 significant figures.
3) Uranus has a diameter of 50724000 metres. Calculate the volume of Uranus in m3,
giving your answer in standard form to 3 decimal places.
4
Note that the formula for volume of a sphere is V = 3 π r3 where r is radius.
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4) Jupiter is approximately 7.7833026 × 108 kilometres from the Sun. Calculate the time [1]
is would take light to travel from the Sun to Jupiter, giving your answer to the nearest
minute.
Note that the speed of light is 2.99792458 × 108 metres per second.
5) Earth has a mass of 5.972 × 1024 kg and a volume of 1.083 × 1021 m3. [1]
Calculate the density of Earth, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.
Note that density is found by dividing mass (g) by volume (cm3).
Mark : /18 %
Write in index form
1) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2
2) 7 × 2 × 2
5×5×5×5×5×5
3) 5×5×5×5
4) 5 × 7 × 5
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Prepared Mr Simon 7
Evaluate the following. Where appropriate, leave your answer as a
fraction.
6) 10 × 10−2
7) 52 × 5−3 × 53
8) 35 ÷ 32
3−4
9) 3−2
10) (10−1 )2
11) Evaluate [1]
780
12) Simplify, giving your answer in index form [5]
a) 70 × 7−2
b) 7−2 × 75 × 7−3
c) (3−2 )4
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Prepared Mr Simon 8
d) 34 ÷ 3−4
5−6
e) 5−3
13) Simplify [1]
880
14) Show the following as a power of 5 [1]
125
15) Show the following as a power of 4 [1]
16−1
Mark : /27 %
1) Evaluate, giving your answer as a simplified fraction
a) 7−1
b) 6−2
c) 10−3
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Prepared Mr Simon 9
1
2) Give your answer in the form ab
, where a and b are positive integers
2−2
3) Give your answer in the form ab , where a and b are integers [1]
1
73
a
4) Give your answer in the form , where a,b and c are positive integers [1]
bc
4 × 6−4
a
5) Give your answer in the form , where a,b and c are integers [1]
bc
−1 × 5−3
6) Evaluate [4]
1
a) 1212
1
b) 83
2
c) 2163
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7) Give your answer in the form ab , where a and b are integers [1]
1
73
a
8) Give your answer in the form , where a,b and c are positive integers [1]
bc
4 × 6−4
a
9) Give your answer in the form , where a,b and c are integers [1]
bc
−1 × 5−3
10) Evaluate [4]
1
a) 1212
1
b) 83
2
c) 2163
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3
d) 252
11) Evaluate, giving your answer as an integer or simplified fraction [3]
3
a) 25−2
2
b) ( 3 )2
1
c) ( 5 )−1
12) Evaluate the following, giving your answer as a simplified fraction [2]
125 2
a) ( 64
)3
2
64
b) ( 27 )−3
13) Give the following expression in index form [5]
a) 7
3
b) 2
5
c) 5
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3
d) 32
1
e) 3
22
14) Show the following as a power of 3 [2]
a) 9
b) 93
15) Show the following as a power of 49 [1]
Mark : /56 %
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SHOW YOUR WORKING HERE
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SHOW YOUR WORKING HERE
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Mark : /48 %
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SHOW YOUR WORKING HERE
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Prepared Mr Simon 19
Mark : /6 %
1) Write an algebraic expression for the sentence below (use the letter n to represent the [2]
missing number):
a) Subtract 5 from a number
b) Double a number and add 4
2) I start a game with x marbles and lose z marbles. Write down a formula for the [1]
number, W, of marbles that I finish with.
3) Write a formula using the letters and numbers given below: [1]
A number � is equal to the product of two number � and �.
4) Using the letter n, write an equation to represent the following: [1]
I'm thinking of a number. I double it then subtract 2 and get an answer of 8.
5) a) Using the letter n to represent the missing number, write an equation for the following: [1]
I'm thinking of a number. I subtract 2 from it and get an answer of 6.
b) Solve your equation to find the missing number
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Prepared Mr Simon 20
Expanding the product of two linear expressions
Mark : /33 %
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Mark : /60 %
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