GCSE – Standard Form h. [Edexcel] A nanosecond is Exercise 2 – Standard Form to Normal e.

(1 × 108 ) ÷ (4 × 103 )
0.000 000 001 second. Numbers f. (2 × 1012 ) ÷ (8 × 10−5 )
Exercise 1 – Normal Numbers to Write the number 0.000 g. (1.1 × 10−12 ) ÷ (2.2 ×
1. Convert to normal numbers. 10−4 )
Standard Form 000 001 in standard form.
a. 7 × 104 3. [Edexcel GCSE June2007-4I
5. Light travels approximately
1. Express the following in standard b. 3 × 106 Q23b, June2007-6H Q13b] In 2003
300,000,000 metres each second. A
form: c. 8.1 × 105 the population of Great Britain
light year is the total distance
a. 900 d. 5.46 × 107 was 6.0 × 107
travelled by light in one year.
b. 4000 e. 9.3 × 102
Assuming there are 365 days in a In 2003 the population of India
c. 21 000 2. Convert to normal numbers.
year, determine a light year, was 9.9 × 108
d. 535 000 a. 2 × 10−2
expressing your answer in Standard In 1933 the population of Great
e. 1234 b. 6 × 10−1
Form (in metres). Britain was 4.5 × 107
f. −360 c. 9.3 × 10−5
6. The radius of the Earth is 6378.1km. Calculate the percentage increase in
g. 3 600 000 d. 3.67 × 10−4
(a) What is the circumference of the the population of Great Britain from
h. 850 000 e. −1.8 × 10−3
Earth in metres, in standard form? 1933 to 2003. Give your answer
i. 42 100 000 3. Convert to normal numbers.
(b) How many times can light fully correct to one decimal place.
2. Express the following in standard a. 6 × 105
encircle the Earth per second? b. 7 × 10−4 4. [Edexcel IGCSE June2011-3H Q20]
form:
7. A ‘bit’ is the smallest unit of space c. 3 × 100 𝑥 = 𝑎 × 10𝑛 where 𝑛 is an integer
a. 5 million
b. 2 thousand in computing (holding a ‘0’ or ‘1’ d. 8.5 × 10−3 and √10 ≤ 𝑎 < 10
c. 8 billion value). There are 8 bits in a byte, e. 6.22 × 107 Find, in standard form, an
3. Express the following in standard 1000 bytes in a kilobyte, 1000 f. 8.74 × 10−6 expression for 𝑥 2 .
form: kilobytes in a megabyte, 1000 g. 4.923 × 109 Give your expression as simply as
a. 0.07 megabytes in a gigabyte, 1000 possible.
gigabytes in a terabyte, 1000 Exercise 3 – Multiplying and Dividing
b. 0.0041
Numbers in Standard Form
c. 0.000 0351 gigabytes in a petabyte and 1000
Exercise 4 – Adding and Subtracting
d. 0.6 petabytes in an exabyte and 1000 1. Calculate the following. Numbers in Standard Form
e. 0.000 93 petabytes in a zettabyte. The size of a. (1 × 104 ) × (5 × 105 )
f. 0.000 000 6 the internet is approximately 8 b. (3 × 107 ) × (2 × 108 ) 1. (1.1 × 105 ) + (2 × 104 )
g. 0.000 000 003 4 zettabytes. How many bits are there c. (2.2 × 107 ) × (4 × 10−2 ) 2. (1.1 × 105 ) − (2 × 104 )
4. Express the following in standard on the internet (in Standard Form)? d. (6 × 1014 ) × (5 × 105 ) 3. (5 × 107 ) + (2 × 105 )
form: e. (7 × 101 ) × (5 × 1011 ) 4. (6.2 × 10−2 ) + (3 × 10−3 )
a. 675 f. (9 × 1012 ) × (4 × 10−5 ) 5. (9 × 1010 ) + (2 × 1012 )
b. −0.06 g. (8 × 10−12 ) × (5 × 10−4 ) 6. (3.2 × 10−4 ) − (5 × 10−5 )
c. 0.000 0351 2. Calculate the following.
d. 0.6 a. (5 × 107 ) ÷ (1 × 105 )
e. 0.000 93 b. (9 × 1017 ) ÷ (3 × 108 )
f. 0.000 000 6 c. (8 × 107 ) ÷ (4 × 10−2 )
g. 0.000 000 003 4 d. (3 × 1014 ) ÷ (6 × 105 )

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