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Place Value

Hundreds of

Hundreds of
Thousandth
Hundredths
Thousands

Thousands

Thousands
thousands

thousands
Hundreds
Tens of

Tens of
Tenths
Ones
Tens

.
7 3 9 0 6 1 . 5 8 9 2 8
Questions
1. What is the place value of the digit 3 in the number 3241? ___________________

2. What is the value of the digit 2 in the number 48.621? ___________________

3. The value of the digit 5 in the number 537 is ___________________

4. What is the value of the digit 6 in the number 48.061? ___________________

5. What is the value of the 6 in 7 685? ___________________

Integers
Multiplication and division
Two liked signs = positive (+) ------------ (-) x (-) = (+), (+) x (+) = (+)
Two unlike signs = negative (-) ----------- (-) x (+) = (-), (+) x (-) = (-)
Same rule for division
Addition and subtraction
Add or subtract and take the sign of the greater number.
-2 – 2 = -4
-2 + 2 = 0
-2 – (-2) = 0
-2 + (-2) = - 4
Questions

1. 5 – (-3) ___________________(8) 5. 4 – (-3) + (-6) __________________(1)

2. (-3) + (-4) ___________________(-7) 6. (-7) + 2 – (-3) __________________(-2)

3. 4 + (-6) ___________________(-2) 7. 4 + (-6) – 4 ___________________(-6)

4. (-7) – (-3) ___________________(-4) 8. (-4) – (-7) + 4 __________________(7)

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9. (-2) – (-4) + (-3) ________________ (-1) 15. 12 ÷ 3 ÷ 4 ___________________(1)

10. (-2) – 6 - (-2) ___________________(-6) 16. (-3) + (-3) + (-3) _________________(-9)

11. 8 + (-1) – (-5) ____________________(12) 17. 4 x 3 + 7(6 -3) __________________(33)

12. 5 – (-4) + (-2) ____________________(7) 18. (10 – 7) ÷ (2 -5) _________________(-1)

13. 8 x 4 x (-3) ___________________(-96) 19. 12 ÷ (-4) x (-5) _________________(15)

14. (-22) x 3 – 14 ÷ (-2) ______________(1) 20. 7 – 2 ÷ (-1) ___________________(-5)

Decimal Places
21.675 ---- 3 d.p.
0.2013 ----4 d.p.
When the number after is greater than 5 ----add 1 (+1)
When the number is less than 5 ----do nothing
23.768 to 2 d.p. = 23.77
23,523 to 2 d.p. = 23.52
Give each of the following numbers correct to three decimal places.

1. 2.7846 ___________________ 6. 0.02039 ___________________

2. 0.1572 ___________________ 7. 0.0009258 ___________________

3. 3.2094 ___________________ 8. 7.8196 ___________________

4. 0.07325 ___________________ 9. 0.009638___________________

5. 0.15076 ___________________

Significant figures
12.45 --- 4 s.f.
0.00234--- 3 s.f.
When the number after is greater than 5 ----add 1 (+1)
When the number is less than 5 ----do nothing
8.876 to 2 s.f. = 8.9

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1234.89 to 3 s.f. = 1200

0.0045678 to 3 s.f. = 0.00457
Give each of the following numbers correct to three significant places.

10. 2.7846 ___________________ 15. 0.02039 ___________________

11. 0.1572___________________ 16. 0.0009258 ___________________

12. 3.2094___________________ 17. 7.8196 ___________________

13. 0.07325___________________ 18. 0.009638___________________

14. 0.15076 ___________________

Standard form/ Scientific Notation

When moving decimal to the left the index is negative.
When moving decimal to the right the index is positive.
Decimal must be after the first counting number.
9564897 = 9.564897 x 106
0.007857 = 7.857 x 10-3
Write the following numbers in standard form.

1. 265___________________ 10. 24000___________________

2. 0.18___________________ 11. 39000000___________________

3. 3020___________________ 12. 0.004___________________

4. 0.019___________________ 13. 58700___________________

5. 76700___________________ 14. 2600___________________

6. 390000___________________ 15. 450 000___________________

7. 0.00085___________________ 16. 0.000 007___________________

8. 7000___________________ 17. 0.8___________________

9. 0.00056___________________ 18. 0.000 000 000 08_______________

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Questions

1. 25387 written as a number correct to 4 significant figures is ___________________

2. 0.0346 written in standard form is ___________________

3. The number 3.14063 written correct to 3 decimal places is ___________________

4. The number 3076 written in standard form ___________________

5. In scientific notation, 170.04 is written as ___________________

6. 18.96 x 2.03 correct to two significant figures equals ___________________

7. Written in significant notation 0.045 x 10-3 ___________________

8. In standard form 0.0325 is written as ___________________

Computation
Examples:

(a)Write the number 64.498 correct to

(i) The nearest whole number (64)
(ii) Three significant figures (64.5)
(iii) Two decimal places (64.50)
(b) Determine to three significant figures
(i) The square root of 13 (3.6.6)
(ii) The reciprocal of 13 (0.0769)
(c)Express (4 x 10 ) x (2 x 10
3
) in standard form.
-4

= 4000 x 0.0002 = 0.8 = (8 x 10-1)

1. January 2005 ____________________________________

Evaluate
√
13.2
0.33
, writing your answer correct to 3

decimal places. 6.325

2. January 2006
Calculate to 3 significant figures, the value of
____________________________________ 18.75 – (2.11)2 14.3
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____________________________________ ____________________________________

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3. January 2007 ____________________________________

Evaluate:
6. June 2008
(a) 5.24(4 – 1.67) 12.2092
Determine the exact value of : (3.9 x 0.27) +
√ 0.6724 1.873
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1.68 ____________________________________
(b) 2.1
1.52−1.45
7. January 2010
2.76
____________________________________ + 8.72 79.14
0.8

____________________________________ ____________________________________

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4. June 2007 ____________________________________

Determine the exact value of (3.7) –
2

(6.24 ÷ 1.3) 8.89 8. January 2019

Evaluate: 3.8 × 102 + 1.7 × 103, giving your
____________________________________ answer in standard form. 2.08 x 103

____________________________________ ____________________________________

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5. January 2008 ____________________________________

0.24
2- 0.4 9. June 2010
0.15

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2.89 13. January 2013

2.52 - giving your answer correct to 2
17 Calculate the exact value of (2.67 x 4.1) –
significant figures. 6.1 (2 s.f.) 1.32 9.257

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10. January 2011 14. June 2013

(5.82 + 1.02) x 2.5 86.65 √ 1.5625 + (0.32)2 1.3524

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15. January 2014

11. June 2011 1.2
2.96x 0.25 - √ 0.0256 0.58 √ 2.891 + 1.312 , giving your answer correct
to two decimal places. 2.40
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12. January 2012
√ 0.0529 + 0.216, expressing your answer in 16. June 2014
standard form. 4.46 x 10-1 (a) 5.25 ÷ 0.015 350

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( b ) √ 6.5025 2.55
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____________________________________ ____________________________________

(c) 3.142 x 2.2362 (correct to 3 significant ____________________________________

figures) 15.71
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20. June 2016
____________________________________ (2.86 + 0.75) + .04812, giving your answer
correct to 2 decimal places. 3.84(2 d.p.)
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17. January 2015
(12.8)2 − (30 ÷ 0.375) 83.84 ____________________________________

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21. January 2017

____________________________________ 5.47−
√0.1014
1.5
5.21

18. June 2015 ____________________________________

(a) 4.14 ÷ 5.75) + (1.62)2 3.3444

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22. June 2017
____________________________________ ( 3.1−1.15 )2
760.5
0.005
(b) 2 x 3.142 x 1.25 7.855
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23. January 2018
19. January 2016
(3.6 + √ 51.84 ) ÷ 3.75 2.88
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165 x 0.382, giving your answer as an EXACT ____________________________________

value. 23.826
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3.12
(b) + 1.12 2.68
____________________________________ 6.17

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Write your answer correct to ____________________________________

(a) two decimal places

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____________________________________ 25. June 2019

2.14 sin 750, giving your answer to 2
(b) three significant figures decimal places 2.07

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(c) the nearest whole number.
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24. June 2018
Evaluate each of the following, giving your
answers to two decimal places.

(a) 73.18 – 5.23 x 9.34 24.33

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