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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