Ch11: Indices and standard form

2
5
1. Calculate 5
2

(a) giving your answer as a fraction, Answer (a) ……….………………….…… [1]

(b) giving your answer as a decimal. Answer (b) ……….………………….…… [1]

2. A block of cheese, of mass 8 kilograms, is cut by a machine into 500 equal slices.

(a) Calculate the mass of one slice of cheese in kilograms.

Answer (a) ……….………………….…… kg [1]

(b) Write your answer to part (a) in standard form.

Answer (b) ……….………………….…… kg [1]

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3. (0.8) 2
, 0.8, 0 .8 , (0.8)–1, (0.8)2.

From the numbers above, write down

(a) the smallest, Answer (a) …………………….…………… [1]

(b) the largest. Answer (b) …………………….…………… [1]

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4. The mass of the Earth is of the mass of the planet Saturn.
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The mass of the Earth is 5.97 × 1024 kilograms.

Calculate the mass of the planet Saturn, giving your answer in standard form, correct to 2
significant figures.

Answer ……………………….………… kg [3]

 x 27 3
5. Simplify (a)   , Answer (a) …………….……….………… [2]
 27 
 

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
 x 2  2
(b)   . Answer (b) …………….……….………… [2]
 4 
 

6. The planet Neptune is 4 496 000 000 kilometres from the Sun.
Write this distance in standard form.

Answer ……………………………… km [1]

7. Find the value of n in each of the following statements

(a) 32n = 1 Answer (a) n = …….…….……………… [1]

(b) 32n = 2 Answer (b) n = …….……..……………… [1]

(c) 32n = 8 Answer (b) n = …….…….……………… [1]

8. (a) Use your calculator to work out

1  (tan 40  )
2

.
2 (tan 40  )

Answer (a) ……………………. [1]

(b) Write your answer to part (a) in standard form.

Answer (b) ……………………. [1]

9. (a) 32 = 2p. Find the value of p.

Answer (a) p = ………………… [2]

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(b) 3
= 2 .
q
Find the value of q. Answer (b) q = …………….…… [2]
8

2
V
10. Use the formula P
R

to calculate the value of P when V = 6 × 106 and R = 7.2 × 108.

Answer P = …….……………… [2]

11. (a) Simplify 6

( 27 x ) 3 . Answer (a) …………………….. [2]

512   3 = 2p. Find p.

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(b) Answer (b) p = ………………… [2]

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12. Simplify 2 . Answer ….……….….………… [2]
27 x 
3
3

13. Simplify 16 x 

4
4 . Answer ……….….……………. [2]

14. A light on a computer comes on for 26 700 microseconds.

One microsecond is 10–6 seconds.

Work out the length of time, in seconds, that the light is on

(a) in standard form,

Answer (a) ……….…………… s [1]

(b) as a decimal.

Answer (b) …………………… s [1]

15. A spacecraft made 58 376 orbits of the Earth and travelled a distance of 2.656 × 109
kilometres.

(a) Calculate the distance travelled in 1 orbit correct to the nearest kilometre.

Answer (a) ………………… km [2]

(b) The orbit of the spacecraft is a circle.

Calculate the radius of the orbit.

Answer (b) ………………… km [2]

16. A light on a computer comes on for 38 500 microseconds.

One microsecond is 10–6 seconds.

Work out the length of time, in seconds, that the light is on

(a) in standard form,

Answer (a) …….….…..……… s [1]

(b) as a decimal. Answer (b) …….….……..…… s [1]

17. There are 109 nanoseconds in 1 second.

Find the number of nanoseconds in 5 minutes, giving your answer in standard form.

Answer …….…………………… [2]

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18. Solve the equation 5(x + 3 × 106) = 4 × 107.

Answer x = ……………………… [2]

19. There are 109 nanoseconds in 1 second.

Find the number of nanoseconds in 8 minutes, giving your answer in standard form.

Answer …………..…………… [2]

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