Year 10 F

Indices and Roots

A

Name

2 3 8 12 36

Choose a number from the list that is

a) A square number 36
_______

b) A cube number 8
_______ 2 marks

2 The width of a hair is approximately 0.000018 m

Whitney writes this in standard form as 18 × 10 –6

Whitney is wrong.
Write the width of a hair correctly in standard form.

1.8 × 10 –5
______________ 1 mark

Write 4.07 × 10 –2 as an ordinary number.

0.0407
______________ 1 mark
3 Work out.

8
a) 64 = _______
A
1
b) 36 − 25 = _______

3
10
c) 1000 = _______
3 marks

4 The table shows the approximate populations of four countries.

Country Population
China 1.4 × 109
Iceland 3.4 × 105
UK 6.8 × 107
USA 3.3 × 108

Which country has the smallest population?

Iceland
_____________ 1 mark
Write the population of the USA as an ordinary number.

330 000 000

_________________________ 1 mark
How many more people live in the UK than Iceland?
Give your answer in standard form.

Award 1 mark for correct method e.g. conversion to ordinary numbers

before subtracting

6.766 × 107
____________________ 2 marks
5 Use > , < or = to make the statements correct.

A
>
a) 53 35

b) −2 4 > −24

c) −1 10 > −1 11

3 marks

6 For each calculation, tick the correct answer.

54 × 53 512 57 5

✓
60 6 1 0

✓
2 –3 8 −8 1
8

✓
73 2
76 75 7

✓ 4 marks
7 Simplify

45 × 40 × 4 –2
A
43
__________ 1 mark

94 –2

9 –8
__________ 1 mark