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Standard form worksheet — GCSE Higher
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 Higher
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- 1.The population of a planet is 8 × 10⁹. Write this population as an ordinary number.
- 2.Write 5,000,000 in standard form.
- 3.A country has an area of 25,000,000 hectares. Write this area in standard form.
- 4.Which of these is written correctly in standard form?
- 5.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.
- 6.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 7.Work out (4 × 10⁻³) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8.Work out (2 × 10³) × (3 × 10⁴). Give your answer in standard form.
- 9.A space probe is 7.5 × 10⁸ km from Earth. Write this distance as an ordinary number.
- 10.Work out (8 × 10⁻⁵) × (5 × 10³). Give your answer in standard form.
- 11.The diameter of an artificial silk fibre is 4 × 10⁻⁶ metres. One nanometre is 10⁻⁹ metres. Work out the diameter of the fibre in nanometres.
- 12.Write 0.005 in standard form.
- 13.A grain of fine sand has a mass of 0.001 grams. Write this mass in standard form.
- 14.In standard form, 2,000 is written as 2 × 10ⁿ. Write down the value of n.
- 15.Put these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3.2 × 10⁴, 2.9 × 10⁵, 4.1 × 10³
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