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GCSE Maths: Standard form

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  1. What is 35000 written in standard form?

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    3.5 × 10⁴

  2. What is 1.2 × 10³ written as an ordinary number?

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    1200

  3. What is 4.7 × 10⁻² written as an ordinary number?

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    0.047

  4. Which of these numbers is in correct standard form: 5.55 + 10⁻⁸, 36 × 10⁻⁵, 0.3 × 10⁵, or 6.5 × 10⁸?

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    6.5 × 10⁸. In standard form, the coefficient must be between 1 and 10.

  5. What is 0.00000008 written in standard form?

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    8 × 10⁻⁸

  6. Why is 5.4 × 10³ not correct standard form for 0.0054?

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    The exponent should be negative for numbers less than 1. The correct answer is 5.4 × 10⁻³.

  7. What is 375 × 10⁶ written in correct standard form?

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    3.75 × 10⁸. Move the decimal to get a coefficient between 1 and 10, then adjust the exponent accordingly.

  8. Calculate (4 × 10⁵) × (2 × 10⁴) in standard form.

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    8 × 10⁹. Multiply coefficients (4 × 2 = 8) and add exponents (5 + 4 = 9).

  9. Calculate (3 × 10⁴) ÷ (6 × 10⁻³) in standard form.

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    5 × 10⁶. Divide coefficients (3 ÷ 6 = 0.5 = 5 × 10⁻¹) and subtract exponents (4 − (−3) = 7), giving 5 × 10⁶.

  10. How many grains of rice are in 2500 kg of rice if one grain has a mass of 0.03 g?

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    8.33... × 10⁷ (or approximately 8.3 × 10⁷). Convert 2500 kg to 2.5 × 10⁶ g, then divide by 3 × 10⁻².

  11. Calculate (2.6 × 10⁶) + (7.1 × 10⁵) in standard form.

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    3.31 × 10⁶. Convert 7.1 × 10⁵ to 0.71 × 10⁶, then add: 2.6 + 0.71 = 3.31.

  12. What is the relationship between circumference and diameter of a circle?

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    Diameter = Circumference ÷ π

  13. To convert a distance in kilometres to metres, multiply by ?.

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    1000

  14. What formula relates distance, speed, and time?

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    Time = Distance ÷ Speed

  15. What is the general form of a number written in standard form?

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    a × 10ⁿ, where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer.

  16. To convert a positive ordinary number to standard form, move the decimal point to create a number between 1 and 10, then multiply by 10 to the power of ?.

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    the number of places moved

  17. What does a negative exponent mean in standard form (e.g., 10⁻⁴)?

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    It indicates a very small number; 10⁻⁴ = 0.0001 (move the decimal point 4 places to the left).

  18. The formula for the surface area of a sphere is A = ?.

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    4πr²

  19. When calculating percentage, what is the formula?

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    Percentage = (Part ÷ Whole) × 100

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