1) Estimate the anwer to these calculations by rounding each number to 1 significant figure

a) 765 x 38 =

b) 4324 : 53 =

2) Write as a single power

a) 54 x 5-11 = ..........

b) 8-3 x 8-4 = ..........

c) ( 3-2)4 = .........

−5 −2
6 :6
d) −1 −3 = ..........
6 x6

3) Write each number in standard form

a) 7900 = ..........

b) 008 13 = ..........

4) The average distance of the Moon from the Earth is 3.84 x 105 km. Write this distance

in meter a an ordinary number s ...........

5) Work out each calculation. Give your answerr in standard form.

9
6.3 x 10
a) 5 = ...........
2.1 x 10

b) ( 2.4 x 105 ) x ( 5 x 10-11 ) = ...........

6) A bee has a mass of 1.2 x 10-4 kg. Write down the mas of the bee in grams.

7) A sheet of paper is 5 x 10-5 thick. How many sheets of paper are there in an 801 cm tall
stack.
8) Complete the table uing the card

Prefix Letter Power Number

1) The Stadium that will host the 2020 Superbowl seats 98 025 people. the average price of
a ticket is $ 120. Estimate the total money taken from ticket sales for the Superbowl.

2) Work Out

4+ 3 x 6−4
a) 2 = ..........
3 −4

b) 25 ( 33 + 2 ) : 5 x 3 = .........

3) Use rounding to one significant figure to estimate

a) 1875 x 5.36 = ..........

285 x 3.16
b) = ..........
11.2

4) Write each number in standard form.

a) 820

b) 0.0000915

5) Put these number in order , from smallest to largest

1.24 x 10-2
1.21 x 10-4
1.2 x 102
1.23 x 103
1.24 x 10

....................................................................................................

6) Work out each calculation . Give your answer in standard form.

8
8.8 x 10
a) 3 = ..........
2.2 x 10

b) ( 2.5 x 104 ) x ( 5 x 10-7 ) =

7) Work out each calculation . Give your answer in standard form.

a) ( 1.505 x 10-9) x ( 8.3 x 104) = .........

3
48.96 x 10
b) −3 = .........
5.1 x 10

8) Write as a single power

a) 63 x 6-4 = .........

b) 3-4 : 3-2 = ........

c) ( 7-3)2 = .........

−4 −2
4 :4
d) −1 −1 = .........
4 x4

9) Arrange these cards into their correct group. Each group must have one card of each colour.

Prefix Letter Power Number

Convert
a) 9 GJ to Joule
b) 13 Kw to watts
c) 8.5 Ms to seconds.

10) An African elephant weighs about 6 tonnes. The Earh weighs 5.97 x 10 24kg.
a) How many kg are in tonne ?
b) How many tonnes doe the Eath weigh ?
c) What is the mass of the Earth, measure in elephants ? Give your answers in standard form.
in standard form.
11) A publisher print 1.25 x 107 copies of a newspaper.
a) Calculate the number of sheets of paper needed to print all the newpapers. Give your anwer
in standar form
To make the newspaper, the sheets of paper are folded in half.
b) The height of a pile of newspapers is 125 cm. The pile contains 420 newspapers. Calculate
the thickness of one sheet of paper. Give your anwer in metr
1) Work out

a) 5.2 x 103 =
b) 3.8 x 104 =
c) 9.1 x 102 =
d) 4.7 x 106 =

2) Work out
a) 6.5 x 10-3 =
b) 2.7 x 10-4 =
c) 8.3 x 10-2 =
d) 9.4 x 10-6 =

3) Write each number using standard form

a) 49000 =
b) 730 000 =
c) 51 000 000 000 =

4) Write each number using standard form

a) 83 =
b) 009 7 =
c) 0.005 =
d) 000 004 6 =

5) Work out each calculation. Give your anwer in standard form

a) ( 2.4 x 102 ) x ( 3 x 105 ) =

b) ( 1.8 x 104) x ( 4 x 103) =

6) Work out each calculation. Give your anwer in standard form

a) 3.2 x 105 + 2.47 x 105 =
 b) 4.5 x 104 + 2.7 x 103 =
c) 5.8 x 10-6 – 1.4 x 10-6 =
d) 2.9 x 10-5 – 6.5 x 10-7 =
7) Work out each calculation. Give your anwer in standard form

7
8.4 x 10
a) 2 =
2.1 x 10

5
7.2 x 10
b) 8 =
6 x 10

11
4 x 10
c) 7 =
5 x 10

8) Evaluate (work out the value of) these

6
2x 5
a) 4 =
5
3 9
2 x4
b) 8 =
4
7
5 x3
c) 3 2 =
3 x3

9) Work out

( 3 x 4 )2
a) =
22 x 3

( 3 x 4 )3
b) =
22 x 9

3
32 x 5
c) =
( 5 x 4 )2

( 6 x 2 x 8 )2
d) =
43 x 3
10) Put Each set of numbers in order, from smallest to largest

a) 6.4 x 103 7.8 x 102 2.1 x 104 8.52 x 102 3.51 x 104

b) 1.4 x 10-4 9.27 x 10-6 5.31 x 10-5 6.8 x 10-4 2.67 x 10-3

11) Work out

a) 4.5 x 10 =
b) 2.36 x 1000 =
c) 0.843 x 100 =
d) 1.45 x 10 000 =

12) Work out

a) 270 : 10 =
b) 4685 : 1000 =
c) 35 : 100 =
d) 450 : 10 000 =

13) Copy and Complete

1
a) 6.... =
36
b) 4-3 =
1
c) = 8..... = 4..... = 2......
64
1
d) = 3.....
3
1
e) ..........-2 =
169
1
f) = 3..... = 9.....
81

14) Write each calculation as a fraction

 1 1
a) x =
3 3

()
2
3
b) =
4

()
3
3
c) =
5

()
4
2
d) =
3

15) Write each number as a fraction raise to a power

16
a) =
100

9
b) =
49

25
c) =
64

8
d) =
64

16
e) =
625

1
f) =
27

16) Work out

() () () ()
−2 3 −2
1 1 1 1
a) x x x =
2 3 2 3

() () () ()
−3 −1 2 −1
1 1 1 1
b) x x x =
2 3 2 3

() ()
−3 3
1 1
c) x
2 2