Questions
Q1.
(a) Use your calculator to work out the value of
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
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(2)
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 1 significant figure.
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(1)
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q2.
(a) Use your calculator to work out the value of
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
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(2)
(b) Write your answer to part(a) correct to 2 significant figures.
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(1)
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q3.
(a) Work out the value of
Give your answer as a decimal.
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
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(2)
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 3 significant figures.
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(1)
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q4.
The table shows the population, correct to two significant figures, of each of six countries in April
2016.
(a) Write 9.3 × 107 as an ordinary number.
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(1)
(b) Which of these countries had the least population?
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(1)
The population of China was 1.382 × 109 in April 2016.
The population of India was 1.327 × 109 in April 2016.
(c) Work out the difference between the population of China and the population of India in April
2016.
Give your answer in standard form.
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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q5.
(a) Write these decimals in order of size.
Start with the smallest decimal.
0.501 0.51 0.5 0.55
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(1)
(b) Write 0.3 as a fraction.
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(1)
(c) Write 0.46832 correct to 2 decimal places.
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(1)
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q6.
(a) Simplify 8 × (4t)0
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(1)
x6 ÷ x–5 = xp
(b) Find the value of p
p = ...........................................................
(c) Simplify fully (2k2m4)3
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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q7.
By writing each value correct to one significant figure, work out an estimate for the value of
Show your working clearly.
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k
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q8.
(a) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 140 and 245
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(2)
A machine has a buzzer that sounds every 50 minutes.
The machine also has a bell that sounds every 80 minutes.
The buzzer and the bell sound together at 10 am.
(b) Find the time at which they next sound together.
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(3)
(Total for question = 5 marks)
Q9.
(a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 200 and 420
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(2)
A = 23 × 3 × 5 ×72
B = 2 × 32 × 7
C = 3 × 52 × 11
(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of A, B and C
Write your answer as a product of powers of prime factors.
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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q10.
(a) Simplify
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(1)
(b) Write
as a single power of 7
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(2)
(Total for question = 3 marks)
Q11.
(a) Simplify (4−2)0
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(1)
3−14 × 38 = 3m
(b) Find the value of m
m = ...........................................................
(1)
(Total for question = 2 marks)
Q12.
(a) Simplify m10 ÷ m3
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(1)
kn × k4 = k12
(b) Write down the value of n
n = ...........................................................
(1)
(c) Simplify (3x6 y8)2
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(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q13.
(a) Find the value of n.
n = ...........................................................
(2)
(13–6)4 × 135 = 13k
(b) Find the value of k.
k = ...........................................................
(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q14.
(a) Write down the value of m, given that 34 × 35 = 3m
m = ...........................................................
(1)
(b) Write down the value of n, given that (53)7 = 5n
n = ...........................................................
(1)
(c) Find the value of p, given that
p = ...........................................................
(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
Q15.
(a) Write down the value of x0
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(1)
Given that 2–3 × 29 = 2n
(b) find the value of n
n = ...........................................................
(1)
Given that
(c) find the value of m
m = ...........................................................
(2)
(Total for question = 4 marks)
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