GCSE – Standard Form e. 0.000 93 d.

( 6 × 1014 ) × ( 5 ×105 )
f. 0.000 000 6 e. ( 7 ×10 1) × ( 5× 1011 )
Exercise 1 – Normal Numbers to g. 0.000 000 003 4
Standard Form h. [Edexcel] A nanosecond is Exercise 2 – Standard Form to Normal f. ( 9 × 1012) × ( 4 × 10−5 )
1. Express the following in standard 0.000 000 001 second. Numbers g. ( 8 ×10−12 ) × ( 5 ×10−4 )
form: Write the number 0.000 2. Calculate the following.
1. Convert to normal numbers.
a. 900 000 001 in standard form.
a. 7 ×10 4
a. ( 5 ×107 ) ÷ ( 1 ×105 )
5. Light travels approximately
b. 4000
300,000,000 metres each second. A b. 3 ×10
6 b. ( 9 × 1017 ) ÷ ( 3 ×10 8 )
c. 21 000 c. ( 8 ×10 7 ) ÷ ( 4 ×10−2 )
light year is the total distance c. 8.1 ×105
d. 535 000 travelled by light in one year. d. 5.46 ×107 d. ( 3 ×10 14 ) ÷ ( 6 × 105 )
e. 1234 Assuming there are 365 days in a
f. −360 year, determine a light year,
e. 9.3 ×10 2 e. ( 1 ×108 ) ÷ ( 4 ×103 )
2. Convert to normal numbers. f. ( 2 ×1012 ) ÷ ( 8 ×10−5 )
g. 3 600 000 expressing your answer in Standard
a. 2 ×10−2
h. 850 000 Form (in metres). g.
−1
i. 42 100 000 6. The radius of the Earth is 6378.1km. b. 6 ×10 ( 1.1 ×10−12 ) ÷ ( 2.2× 10−4 )
2. Express the following in standard (a) What is the circumference of the c. 9.3 ×10−5
3. [Edexcel GCSE June2007-4I
form: Earth in metres, in standard form? d. 3.67 ×10−4 Q23b,  June2007-6H Q13b] In 2003
(b) How many times can light fully
a. 5 million e. −1.8 ×10−3 the population of Great Britain
b. 2 thousand encircle the Earth per second?
3. Convert to normal numbers. was 6.0 ×107  
c. 8 billion 7. A ‘bit’ is the smallest unit of space
in computing (holding a ‘0’ or ‘1’ a. 6 ×10 5 In 2003 the population of India
3. Express the following in standard
value). There are 8 bits in a byte, b. 7 ×10
−4 was 9.9 ×10 8
form:
1000 bytes in a kilobyte, 1000 c. 3 ×10
0 In 1933 the population of Great
a. 0.07
kilobytes in a megabyte, 1000 −3 Britain was 4.5 × 107
b. 0.0041 d. 8.5 ×10
megabytes in a gigabyte, 1000 7 Calculate the percentage increase in
c. 0.000 0351 gigabytes in a terabyte, 1000
e. 6.22 ×10 the population of Great Britain from
−6
d. 0.6 gigabytes in a petabyte and 1000 f. 8.74 × 10 1933 to 2003. Give your answer
e. 0.000 93 petabytes in an exabyte and 1000 g. 4.923 × 10
9
correct to one decimal place.
f. 0.000 000 6 petabytes in a zettabyte. The size of 4. [Edexcel IGCSE June2011-3H Q20]
Exercise 3 – Multiplying and Dividing
g. 0.000 000 003 4 the internet is approximately 8 n
x=a × 10  where n  is an integer
zettabytes. How many bits are there Numbers in Standard Form
4. Express the following in standard and √ 10 ≤ a<10
form: on the internet (in Standard Form)? 1. Calculate the following. Find, in standard form, an
a. 675 a. ( 1 ×10 4 ) × ( 5 ×105 ) expression for  x 2.
b. −0.06
b. ( 3 ×10 7 ) × ( 2× 108 ) Give your expression as simply as
c. 0.000 0351 possible.
d. 0.6
c. ( 2.2 ×107 ) × ( 4 × 10−2 )

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Exercise 4 – Adding and Subtracting
Numbers in Standard Form

1. ( 1.1 ×105 ) + ( 2×10 4 )

2. ( 1.1 ×105 ) −( 2× 104 )
3. ( 5 ×107 )+ ( 2× 105 )
4. ( 6.2 ×10−2 )+ ( 3 ×10−3 )
5. ( 9 × 1010) + ( 2× 1012)
6. ( 3.2 ×10−4 )− ( 5× 10−5 )

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