S3 Credit Mathematics Revision Pack

Scientific Notation (Standard Form)

1. Write each of the following numbers in scientific notation.

(a) 1200 (b) 4 125 000 (c) 225 (d) 67 000

(e) 9 (f) 41 000 000 (g) 92 (h) 240 000 000 000

2. For each of the following numbers i) write it out in figures ; ii) write it in scientific notation.
(a) 5 million (b) 32 thousand (c) 52 ⋅ 1 million (d) 243 thousand

3. Write each of the following numbers in scientific notation.

(a) 0 ⋅ 057 (b) 0 ⋅ 0021 (c) 0 ⋅ 84 (d) 0 ⋅ 00000000915
(e) 0 ⋅ 0007 (f) 0 ⋅ 08004 (g) 0 ⋅ 0000012 (h) 0⋅6

4. Write each of the following numbers out in full.

(a) 1 ⋅ 6 × 105 (b) 2 ⋅ 78 × 10 3 (c) 1 ⋅ 22 × 10 8

(d) 4 × 10 4 (e) 2 ⋅ 003 × 10 2 (f) 5 ⋅ 7 × 10 0

(g) 6 × 10 −3 (h) 4 ⋅ 52 × 10 −6 (i) 1 ⋅ 003 × 10 −4

(j) 7 ⋅ 2 × 10 −5 (k) 23 × 10 −2 (l) 6 ⋅ 0004 × 10 −3

5. Calculate each of the following expressing your answer in standard form:

(a) ( 2 × 103 ) × ( 3 × 105 ) (b) ( 4 × 10 4 ) × ( 2 × 10 −6 )

(c) ( 5 × 10 2 ) × ( 3 × 10 4 ) (d) ( 9 × 10 7 ) ÷ (1 ⋅ 5 × 10 2 )

(e) ( 3 ⋅ 6 × 10 2 ) ÷ ( 0 ⋅ 2 × 10 5 ) (f) ( 24 × 10 4 ) ÷ ( 48 × 10 −3 )

1 ⋅ 28 × 10 6 4 ⋅ 17 × 10 2 18 × 10 −2
(g) (h) (i)
0 ⋅ 4 × 10 2 3 × 10 −3 0 ⋅ 2 × 10 5

6. Answer each of the following questions leaving your answers in standard form and correct
to 3 s.f. where necessary.

(a) Light travels at 1 ⋅ 85 × 105 miles per second. How far will it travel in an hour?

(b) The radius of the earth is 6 ⋅ 45 × 106 metres. What is its circumference (in km)?

(c) If a heart beats 70 times a minute, how many times will it beat in a lifetime of 80 years?
(d) 100 grams of water contains 2000 drops. How many drops would there be in a tank
containing 1 tonne of water?

(e) In 1 gram of carbon there are 6 × 10 26 atoms. How many carbon atoms are
there in 5kg of pure carbon?

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1. Calculate the length of the side marked x in each diagram below.

54mm
(a) (b) x

30cm
20mm 36mm 24cm

26cm
x

D
2. In the diagram ∠ ABC = ∠CED , AB = 28cm,
AC = 24cm and ED = 21cm. A

(a) Explain why the triangles ABC and CDE

24cm
are similar.
C 21cm
(b) Calculate the length of CD. 28cm
(c) Given that the area of triangle ABC is 144 square
centimetres, calculate the area of triangle CDE. E
B
3. Calculate the length of the side marked x in each diagram below.

(a) 8cm (b) x

36mm
24cm 18cm
x 16mm

40mm

4. The digram opposite shows an aluminium pipe frame.

The cross members QS and PT are parallel.
RS = 48cm, QS = 24cm and PT = 32cm as shown. Q 48cm
24cm
Calculate the length of ST P
S
32cm
T
5. In the diagram a ladder is laid against two walls as shown.

The higher wall is 1⋅ 6 metres high, and the lower wall is 0 ⋅ 7 metres.
The distance between the two left hand faces of
the walls is 0 ⋅ 9 metres. 1.6m

Calculate the distance between the foot of the ladder 0.7m

and the lower wall.
Speed, Distance and Time 0.9m

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1. Susan Marshall is paid an hourly rate of £12.40.
She works a basic 36 hour week.
In addition any overtime she works is paid at time-and-a-half.
Calculate her total pay for a week in which she works 42 hours.

2. Mike has a part time job as a sales assistant working Friday and Saturday of each week.
He is paid £6.60 per hour between the hours of 9.00am and 4.00pm each day.
Any work he does outside these hours is paid at 'double-time'.
In addition he is paid 3% commission on all the goods that he sells.
Below is his job sheet for a particular week ...........
Employee : M. Smith Start Time Finish Time Sales total (£)
Friday 9.00 am 3.00 pm £860
Saturday 9.00 am 7.30 pm £1850

Calculate his total pay for these two days.

3. (a) A man invests £4500 in a Building Society at an interest rate of 4% per annum.
How much will his investment be worth after 8 months?
(b) In a sale, a shop offers a 12% discount on a table and four chairs normally priced at £1680.
How much would you pay for the table and chairs in the sale?

(c) V.A.T. is charged at a rate of 17 12 % on the cost of an article before tax.

If a CD player is advertised at £74 + VAT, calculate the total cost of the player.

(d) A woman buys a car for £6700 and sells it for £4891 a year later. Calculate her percentage loss.

4. A caravan costing £8600 may be paid for in any of the following ways:

i) By cash.
ii) By hire purchase with terms ...........
deposit - 15% of cash price + 36 monthly
payments of £240.
iii) By a leasing agreement with terms ......
No deposit - 24 monthly instalments of £300 +
final payment of £2250.

(a) Calculate the total cost of each method and and find how much is saved between the
least and most expensive.
(b) Express this saving as a percentage of the cash price, correct to the nearest percent.

5. In January a man bought American dollars to the value of £960 when the exchange
rate was 1⋅ 6 dollars to the pound. Before he went on his holiday in April
he noticed that the exchange rate had become 1⋅ 65 dollars to the pound.
How many more dollars would the man have received if he had waited
until April to exchange his money?

6. After restoring a boat a man sold it for £2511 and made a 35% profit.
How much did he pay for the boat?
Saving and Spending (2)

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