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1.4 Powers, Roots & Standard Form

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Course CIE IGCSE Maths

Section 1. Number
Topic 1.4 Powers, Roots & Standard Form
Difficulty Hard

Time allowed: 40

Score: /29

Percentage: /100

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Question 1a
The table shows the surface area of some countries and their estimated population in 2017.

Country Surface area (km2) Estimated population in 2017

Brunei 5.77 × 103 433 100
China 9.60 × 106 1 388 000 000
France 6.41 × 105 67 000 000
Maldives 3.00 × 102 374 600
Find the total surface area of Brunei and the Maldives.

.......................................... km2
[1 mark]

Question 1b
The ratio       surface area of the Maldives : surface area of China
can be written in the form   1 : n .

Find the value of n .

n = ................................................
[2 marks]

Question 1c
Find the surface area of France as a percentage of the surface area of China.

 ............................................. %
[2 marks]

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Question 1d
Find the population density of the Maldives.
[Population density = population ÷ surface area]

 ...............................people/km2
[2 marks]

Question 2
2
−
Calculate  0 . 125 3 .
[1 mark]

Question 3
Work out.
2
⎛⎜ 125 ⎞⎟ − 3
⎜ ⎟
⎝ 27 ⎠
[1 mark]

Question 4
2 1
−
Find the exact value of 8 3 × 49 2 .
[2 marks]

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Question 5
3
⎛ 1 ⎞−
Find the value of  ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ 4 .
⎝ 81 ⎠
[1 mark]

Question 6a
Write 640 000 000 in standard form.
[1 mark]

Question 6b
Work out (3 × 107) ÷ (6 × 104)
Give your answer in standard form.
[2 marks]

Question 7a
Write 5400 000 as a number in standard form.
[1 mark]

Question 7b
Write 3.2 × 10-4 as an ordinary number.
[1 mark]

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Question 7c
The mass of the Sun is 2 × 1030 kg.
The mass of the largest known star is 315 times the mass of the Sun.
Work out the mass of this star.
Give your answer in kg in standard form.
[2 marks]

Question 8
x−y
p2 =
xy
x = 8 . 5 × 109
y = 4 × 108
Find the value of p.
Give your answer in standard form correct to 2 significant figures.
[3 marks]

Question 9a
w
T=
d3
w = 5 . 6 × 10−5
d = 1 . 4 × 10−4
Work out the value of T.
Give your answer in standard form correct to 3 significant figures.
[2 marks]
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Question 9b
w is increased by 10%
d is increased by 5%

Lottie says,
"The value of T will increase because both w and d are increased."
Lottie is wrong.
Explain why.
[2 marks]

Question 10
Simplify  82 × 3 46
Give your answer in the form 2a where a is an integer.
Show each stage of your working clearly.
[3 marks]

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