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7 a 2350 m3 Check your skills

b 1200 m 3 (Sections 1.7–1.8)
8 a 0.005 1 13

b 500 2 4277

c 0.002 3 0.693

d 0.004
Exercise 1.7A
Exercise 1.6C 1 a 1
3
1 a 7 1
b
b 5 25
1
c 6 c 16
d 2 2
d 3
e 11 e 8
f 9 2 a 243

2 a 50 × 8 gives 40 b 64
10
100 gives 25 c 125
b
3 +1
d 49
c 90 − 40 gives 2
e 1
52
25
d 43 gives 4 f 256
8×2
33 + 30 gives 3 g 729
e
20 − 1
3 a 8
100 − 22
f gives 60 1
0.1 b
9
3
1000 c 32
g gives 50
0.1 + 0.1
3 × (9 − 4 )2 d 81
h gives 5
20 − 5
e 25
3 a 1400 m
f 1
b 2 significant figures / nearest hundred 1
g
7
c Estimate of 1460 m is closer to the actual
distance, but is now correct to only 1 4 a 4
significant figure (nearest thousand) b 27
4 a 50 ºC 1
c
25
b $100 000 1
d
2
5 a i 2 decimal places or 5 significant
figures
ii 660 cm2
Exercise 1.7B
1 a 144
b 10 cm up to 15 cm
b 10 000

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c 81 f 7
9
d 4 3
3 g
2
9
e 4 h 4
2 a 10 1
i
3
b 8 8
j
125
c 729
d 16 Exercise 1.8
e 1
7 1 a 2372.5
f 1 b 71 000.17
4
g 1 c 38.99
125
h 1 d 0.64
16
e 0.007 301
3 a 12
f 0.000 863
b 4
9 g 0.000 074 65
c 64
25 2 a 6.7 × 102
d 3
b 6.66 × 10–1
e 27
8 c 6.034 × 105
f 6 d 6.793 × 10–4
g 2 e 8.546 × 101
h 1
2 f 8.64 × 104
i 108 g 9.696 × 101
j 1 h 6.003 × 103

4 a 212 i 2.8351 × 102

b 310 j 6.78 × 103

c 3−12 k 9.6432 × 10–3

d 26 l 6.43 × 10–1

e 3−3 3 a 4.6 × 1010

f 2 −8 b 2.279 × 108

( 23 ) or 2 × 3
6
g 6 –6 c 3.72 × 1013
d 2.1 × 10–8
5 a 11
4 a 4.8 × 107
b 2
b 1.44 × 108
c 36
c 1.2 × 10–8
d 1
d 2 × 106
e 4

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