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Workbook Chapter 1

The document outlines exercises and practices related to irrational numbers, standard form, and indices as part of a mathematics curriculum. It includes various tasks for identifying rational and irrational numbers, converting numbers to standard form, and performing operations with indices. The material is intended for endorsement by Cambridge Assessment International Education and is subject to further changes before publication.

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Workbook Chapter 1

The document outlines exercises and practices related to irrational numbers, standard form, and indices as part of a mathematics curriculum. It includes various tasks for identifying rational and irrational numbers, converting numbers to standard form, and performing operations with indices. The material is intended for endorsement by Cambridge Assessment International Education and is subject to further changes before publication.

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1 Number and
calculation

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1.1 Irrational numbers
Exercise 1.1 Key words

Focus
1
PL
Copy this table. Tick (3) the correct boxes.
Number
36
48
Rational Irrational
irrational number
surd
M
64
84
3
100
2 Look at these numbers:
12.77  −36   27    500   61  − 3 8
SA

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a Write the irrational numbers.
b Write the integers.
3 Write whether each of these numbers is an integer or a surd.
a 25 b 3
25 c 125
d 3
125 e 225 f 3
225
4 Is each of these numbers rational or irrational? Give a reason for
each answer.

a 3+6 b 3+6 c 64 + 3 64 d 3
8 + 3 19

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1 Number and calculation

Practice
5 a Find 1.52
b Show that 2.25 is a rational number.
c Is 20.25 a rational number? Give a reason for your answer.
d Is 3 1.331 a rational number? Give a reason for your answer.
6 Without using a calculator, show that
a 3< 3
41 < 4 b 9 < 3 800 < 10 c 1.1 < 1.36 < 1.2

E
7 Without using a calculator, find an irrational number between
a 2 and 3 b 6 and 7 c 1.4 and 1.5
8 Without using a calculator, estimate
a 140 to the nearest integer

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b

27
3

Arun says:

81
= 2.086 419 753 and
this does not have a
PL
350 to the nearest integer.

My calculator shows

repeating pattern, so 2 7
is irrational.
81
M
a Is Arun correct? Give a reason for your answer.
b Do you think 2 7 is a rational number? Give a reason for
81
your answer.
SA

Challenge
10 a Use a calculator to show that 2 × 32 is a rational number.
b Find two irrational numbers with a product of
i 6 ii 9 iii 10
11 a Find two irrational numbers with a sum of 5.
b Explain why it is impossible to find two rational numbers with
a sum of 5.
c Is it possible to find two rational numbers with a product of 5?
Give a reason for your answer.

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1.2 Standard form

12 This Venn diagram shows all the numbers on a number line. B


A is the set of integers. B is the set of rational numbers. A

Copy the diagram and put each of these numbers in the


correct place.
25  5.5  5 5    25    3 25
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13 a If n = 20, find the value of
i n+2 ii n −2 iii ( n+2 )( n −2 )
b Sofia says:

E
If n is an integer,
then ( n + 2)( n − 2) is
also an integer.

PL
Is Sofia correct? Give some evidence to support your answer.

1.2 Standard form


M
Exercise 1.2 Key words
Focus standard form

1 Write these numbers in standard form.


SA

a 2 600 000 b 920 000 000 c 462 000 d 20 800 000


2 Write these numbers in standard form.
a 55 000 b 55 million c 640 million d 406 million
3 These numbers are in standard form. Write each number in full.
a 5.3 × 104 b 5.38 × 107 c 7.11 × 1011 d 1.331 × 108
4 A light year is the distance light travels in one year.
One light year is 9 460 000 000 000 km.
Write this distance in standard form.

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1 Number and calculation

Practice
5 Write these numbers in standard form.
a 0.000 03 b 0.000 000 666
c 0.000 050 5 d 0.000 000 000 48
6 These numbers are in standard form. Write each number in full.
a 1.5 × 10−3 b 1.234 × 10−5
c 7.9 × 10−8 d 9.003 × 10−4

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7 Write these numbers in full.
a 8 × 10−6 b 4.82 × 10−7
c 6.1 × 10−5 d 7.007 × 10−8
8 The wavelength of visible light is between 0.000 000 4 m and

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0.000 000 8 m.

Look at these five numbers.


A = 9.8 × 10−7
D = 4.81 × 10−6
PL
Write each of these numbers in standard form.

B = 1.2 × 10−6
E = 5.17 × 10−7
C = 3.05 × 10−7

Write the numbers in order of size, smallest first.

Challenge
M
10 The mass of Earth is 5.98 × 1024 kg.
a When you write this mass in full, how many zeros does it have?
1
b The mass of Mars is approximately 10 of the mass of Earth.
Write the mass of Mars in standard form.
SA

11 a Copy and complete this sentence:


6.2 × 107 is times larger than 6.2 × 106.
b How many times larger than 8.5 × 10−3 is 8.5 × 103?
12 These numbers are not in standard form. Write each number in
standard form.
a 45 × 106 b 28 × 108
c 300× 104 d 995 × 107
13 Write each of these numbers in standard form.
a 43 × 10−5 b 125 × 10−8
c 0.7 × 10−5 d 0.08 × 10−7

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1.3 Indices

14 Do these additions. Give your answers in standard form.


a 8.1 × 105 + 9.4 × 105 b 6.7 × 107 + 6.7 × 107
c 3.6 × 10−5 + 2.9 × 10−5 d 2.86 × 10−5 + 8.6 × 10−5

1.3 Indices
Exercise 1.3

E
Focus
1 Write each number as a fraction.

3
a
d

d
7−1
3−4

256
PL
b
e
Write these numbers as powers of 4.
a
1
b

e
Write each number as a power of 5.
a 0.2 b
7−2
15−2

1
64
1
256

25
c
f

c
5−3
20−2

16−1

0.04
M
d 125−1 e 150
4 Find the value of x−3 when
a x=2 b x=3 c x=5 d x = 10
SA

Practice
5 Write the answer to each multiplication as a power of 12.
a 123 × 12 −1 b 12 4 × 12 −5
c 12 −1 × 12 −2 d 12 −4 × 127
6 Write the answer to each multiplication in index form.
a 54 × 5−1 b 4 −3 × 4 −3 c 8−6 × 8
d 155 × 15−5 e 5−6 × 5−6
7 Write the answer to each division as a power of 7.
3 4
a 75 ÷ 7 2 b 7 ÷7
c 7 4 ÷ 7 −2 d 7 −4 ÷ 7 −3

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1 Number and calculation

8 Write the answer to each division in index form.


−5 2
a 123 ÷ 12 −2 b 5 ÷5
c 34 ÷ 38 d 25−3 ÷ 25−4

Challenge
9 Find the value of x in these equations.
a 23 × 2 x = 2 9 b 32 × 3x = 3−2
c 5−3 × 5x = 5−5 d 8x × 8−3 = 8

E
10 Find the value of y in these equations.
a 32 ÷ 34 = 3 y b 106 ÷ 10 y = 10 2
c 14 2 ÷ 14 y = 14 −4 d 8 y ÷ 83 = 84
11 y = x 0 + x −1 + x −2
Find the value of y when
a x=1
12 This table shows powers of 11.
112
121
113
1331
PL 114
14 641
b x=2

115
161 051
116
1 771 561
Use the table to work out the following. Do not use a calculator.
c x=3
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a 121 × 14 641 b 1 771 561 ÷ 14 641 c 121 ÷ 161 051
13 Find the value of x in this equation: 2 × 4 = 2 3 2 x
SA

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