Powers, Roots & Standard Form (AQA GCSE Maths: Foundation): Exam Questions

i) Write $9.314\times {10}^5$ as an ordinary number.

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ii) Calculate $\left(4.1\times {10}^{-3}\right)\times \left(8.9\times {10}^7\right)$
Give your answer in standard form.

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Find the value of

i) $3^0,$

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ii) $5^{-2}.$

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Write the number 0.0605 in standard form.

Calculate $\left(1.63\times {10}^{12}\right)\times \left(2.47\times {10}^{-1}\right)$

Give your answer in standard form.

Write 45000 in standard form.

Write $2.06\times {10}^{-2}$ as an ordinary number.

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i) Write down the reciprocal of 15.

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ii) Write down the value of ${15}^0$.

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iii) Write 0.015 in standard form.

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Find the value of

$6^0+6^2$

Find the value of

5^-4

i) Write $4.2\times {10}^{-3}$ as an ordinary number.

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ii) Calculate $\left(8.1\times {10}^3\right)+\left(7.9\times {10}^4\right)$ Give your answer in standard form.

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Find the value of

i) $\sqrt[3]{512}$

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ii) $\frac{6^8}{2^6}$

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iii) 7⁰

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Solve $a^3=27$

Solve $\sqrt{b}=11$

Find the value of ${\left(\sqrt{25}\right)}^2$.

i) Write $4.81\times {10}^{-3}$ as an ordinary number.

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ii) Write 75000 in standard form.

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iii) Calculate  $\frac{6.3\times {10}^2}{7\times {10}^{-3}}$

Write your answer in standard form.

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Find the value of $x$ when $5^x\times 5^3=5^{12}$

$x=$...........................

The average distance from Earth to Mars is $2.25\times {10}^8$ km. A space ship travels from Earth to Mars at an average speed of $5.8\times {10}^4$ km/h.

Find how long, in hours, the journey takes.

.............................. hours

Find the value of  $p$ when  $5^p÷5^8=5^{13}$.

$p=$....................... 

Mercury is 58 000 000 km from the sun.

Jupiter is 7.22×10⁸ km further from the sun than Mercury.

Earth is 1.5×10⁸ km from the sun. 

Find how many times further from the sun Jupiter is, than Earth.