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GCSE Maths: Standard form: addition

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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 0.00000008 written in standard form?

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    8 × 10⁻⁸

  4. Why is 481 × 10⁵ not in correct standard form?

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    In standard form, the coefficient must be between 1 and 10 (i.e., 1 ≤ a < 10). Here, 481 is not in that range.

  5. What is 1.52 × 10⁶ written as an ordinary number?

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    1520000

  6. What is 9.8 × 10⁻⁵ written as an ordinary number?

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    0.000098

  7. What is (4 × 10⁵) × (2 × 10⁴) in standard form?

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    8 × 10⁹

  8. What is (3 × 10⁴) ÷ (6 × 10⁻³) in standard form?

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    5 × 10⁶

  9. What is (5 × 10⁴)² in standard form?

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    2.5 × 10⁹

  10. What is (2.6 × 10⁶) + (7.1 × 10⁵) in standard form?

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    3.31 × 10⁶

  11. What is (9.2 × 10⁵) − (8.3 × 10⁴) in standard form?

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    8.37 × 10⁵

  12. In standard form a × 10ⁿ, the coefficient a must be in the range ?.

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    1 ≤ a < 10

  13. What formula relates the circumference of a circle to its diameter?

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    C = πd, where C is circumference and d is diameter.

  14. When converting distance units from km to m for a speed calculation, what conversion factor is used?

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    1 km = 1000 m, so multiply by 1000.

  15. What is the formula for calculating time when distance and speed are known?

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    Time = Distance ÷ Speed

  16. When multiplying two numbers in standard form, how do you combine the powers of 10?

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    Add the exponents. For example, (a × 10ᵐ) × (b × 10ⁿ) = (a × b) × 10⁽ᵐ⁺ⁿ⁾.

  17. When dividing two numbers in standard form, how do you combine the powers of 10?

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    Subtract the exponents. For example, (a × 10ᵐ) ÷ (b × 10ⁿ) = (a ÷ b) × 10⁽ᵐ⁻ⁿ⁾.

  18. How do you convert a very large ordinary number like 5,930,000,000 to standard form?

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    Move the decimal point to after the first non-zero digit and count the moves as the power of 10. Result: 5.93 × 10⁹.

  19. When adding numbers in standard form with different powers of 10, what must you do first?

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    Convert them to the same power of 10 or to ordinary numbers before adding.

  20. What is the formula for the surface area of a sphere?

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    A = 4πr², where r is the radius.

  21. When converting km² to m², what conversion factor is used?

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    1 km² = 1,000,000 m² (or 10⁶ m²), since 1 km = 1000 m and area scales with the square.

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