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Standard form worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "standard form" — DfE statement N9. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
Standard form worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.Light travels at 3 × 10⁸ metres per second. Work out how far light travels in 2 × 10⁻⁶ seconds. Give your answer in standard form.
- 2.Write 0.0038 in standard form.
- 3.A space probe is 7.5 × 10⁸ km from Earth. Write this distance as an ordinary number.
- 4.Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3.2 × 10⁴, 2.9 × 10⁵, 4.1 × 10³
- 5.Work out (8 × 10⁻⁵) × (5 × 10³). Give your answer in standard form.
- 6.Last year a company made a profit of £5,200,000. Write this amount in standard form.
- 7.Work out (5 × 10⁴) ÷ (2 × 10⁻²). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8.Write 0.00072 in standard form.
- 9.A company sells 4 × 10³ items per day, each priced at £2.50. It operates for 3 × 10² days a year. Work out the company's total revenue for the year. Give your answer in standard form.
- 10.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 11.A country has an area of 25,000,000 hectares. Write this area in standard form.
- 12.Which of these is written correctly in standard form?
- 13.Write 260,000 in standard form.
- 14.Work out (6 × 10⁷) + (3 × 10⁶). Give your answer in standard form.
- 15.A company's turnover is 5.6 × 10⁷ pounds, spread evenly across 3.5 × 10² shops. Work out the average turnover per shop, in standard form.
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