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Kausar KhanMEP: Demonstration Project Unit 1: Indices
UNIT 1 Indices Revision Test 1.3
40 minutes are allowed. DO NOT use a calculator in Questions 1–12.
1. Simplify the following expressions, leaving your answer in index notation.
(a) (2 3
× 24 ÷ 27 ) (b) (3 2
) (
× 33 ÷ 3 × 32 ) (c) (
1010 ÷ 10 2 × 10 3 × 10 4 )
(6 marks)
2. Express each of the following numbers as a number to a power.
(a) 8 (b) 125 (c) 1000 (3 marks)
3. Find the missing numbers.
(a) (2 ) 3 3
= 2? (b) (4 )
2 ?
= 48 (2 marks)
4. Simplify the following expressions.
(b )
3
2
× b3
(a) (x 2
×x 4
) ÷ (x × x ) 5
(b)
b10
(4 marks)
5. Express the number 140 as a product of prime numbers. (2 marks)
6. Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 144 and 96. (1 mark)
7. Find the value of each of the following:
−2
1
(a) 64
1
2
(b) 125
4
3
(c) 5 −2
(d) 1 (4 marks)
9
8. Simplify the following:
(a) (a ) ÷ (a )
3 3 4 2
(b) (
a5 ÷ a 4 × a2 ) (4 marks)
9. Solve the following equations:
1 1
(a) 2 x = 256 (b) 9x = (c) x3 =
27 27
1
(d) 8x = (4 marks)
4
10. Write the following numbers in standard form.
(a) 2001 (b) 0.002 (2 marks)
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MEP: Demonstration Project Unit 1: Indices
Revision Test 1.3
11. Express the following in ordinary notation.
(a) 4.23 × 10 2 (b) 5.2 × 10 − 3 (3 marks)
12. Evaluate the following, writing your answer in standard form.
(16.4 × 10 ) ÷ (0.82 × 10 )
−3 3
(2 marks)
Use a calculator in Questions 13–16.
13. Evaluate the following, giving your answer in standard form.
(7 × 10 ) + (6 × 10 )
4 3
(2 marks)
1.9 × 10 − 3
14. The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 250 000 miles.
(a) Express this number in standard form. (1 mark)
The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 9.3 × 10 7 miles.
(b) Calculate the value of the expression
distance from the Earth to the Moon
distance from the Earth to the Sun
giving your answer in standard form. (2 marks)
(LON)
15. It is given that p = 4 × 10 − 2 and q = 2 × 10 − 3 .
(a) Calculate the value of p q , giving your answer in standard form. (2 marks)
(b) Calculate the value of p + q . (2 marks)
(MEG)
1 1
16. A number, x, is such that x 2 = .
5
3
(a) Find the value of x 2 . (2 marks)
(b) Find the value of x −1 . (2 marks)
(MEG)
