Chapters 1.5 to 1.

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77 marks from 77 questions
Question 1
Choose the correct statement.
When 10 000 is written as 104:

a. 10 is the base and 4 is the index

b. 4 is the base and 10 is the index
c. 10 is the base and 4 is the factor
d. 4 is the factor and 10 is the power

Question 2

2×2×2×2×2=2

Question 3

7 can be written in index notation as 7 .

Question 4

52 is read as:

a. 5 cubed
b. 5 to the square
c. 5 squared
d. 2 to the 5

Question 5
14 000 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 7
= (2 × 2 × 2 × 2) × (5 × 5 × 5) × (7)
In index notation, 14 000 is written:

a. 146
b. 2×5×7
c. 103 × 7
d. 24 × 53 × 71
Question 6
Choose the correct statement.
When 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 is written as 3 5:

a. 3 is the base and 5 is the factor

b. 5 is the base and 3 is the index
c. 3 is the base and 5 is the index
d. 5 is the factor and 3 is the power

Question 7
Write 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 11 in index form.

(3 × 3 × 3) × (5 × 5 × 5 × 5) × (11) = 3 ×5 × 11

Question 8

Use your calculator to find the basic numeral for 38.

Question 9

Write 5 × 103 as a basic numeral.

Question 10
In the table of powers, the base has been replaced with a heart.

Index notation Basic numeral

2 4

3 8

4 16

5 32

6 64

What number does the heart represent?

Question 11
Using your calculator, experiment with values to find the missing power.

4 = 1 048 576

Question 12
In the table of powers, the base has been replaced with a star.

Index notation Basic numeral

1 5

2 25

3 125

4 625

5 3125

What number does the star represent?

Question 13
96 can be written as:

a. 25 + 3 1
b. 25 × 3 1
c. 25 – 3 1
d. 25 ÷ 3 1
Question 14
In a famous story a king offered a reward of:

EITHER one million gold coins

OR the number of gold coins that would be on the last square of a chessboard if two coins were
on the first square and each square thereafter had twice as many as the previous square.

A chessboard has 8 × 8 = 82 = 64 squares.

There would be 2 gold coins for the first square,
22 = 4 for the second square,
23 = 8 for the third square,
24 = 16 for the fourth square.

How many gold coins would there be on the tenth square?

Coins on tenth square = 2 =

Question 15
Which two numbers are missing from the sequence:
1024, ..., 256, 128, ..., 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1?

a. 28 and 26
b. 29 and 25
c. 28 and 25
d. 29 and 26

Question 16
Which two numbers are missing from the sequence:
one, ten, one hundred, ..., ten thousand, ..., one million?

a. 103 and 106

b. 103 and 105
c. 104 and 105
d. 104 and 106
Question 17

(32)4 =

a. 36
b. 38
c. 316

Question 18
Select the expression below that is written in index form.

a. 34
b. 3×3×3×3
c. 81

Question 19
Simplify this expression.
3p 4 × 2 p 5 = p9

Question 20
True or false?

a. True
b. False

Question 21

b×b×b×b×b=b

Question 22

45 × 4 9 =

a. 445
b. 414
c. 1645
d. 1614
Question 23
Express 36 in index form.
2
36 =

Question 24

2q 4 × 4 q 5 = q9

Question 25

(5p6q4)3 = 125p q

Question 26
What is the value of m?
(g4)m = g 12
m=

Question 27

(m4)6 ÷ m10 = m

Question 28
Evaluate:
(5r0 + 3)2 =

Question 29
True or false?

10–2 is the same as .

a. True
b. False
Question 30
Select the correct equation.

a.

b.

c.

Question 31

[(p4)5]2 = p

Question 32

A square has side lengths given by the expression 3w3 units. Complete the following formula that
represents the area of the square.

Area of the square = w square units

Question 33

To simplify , you would:

a. add the indices

b. subtract the indices
c. multiply the indices

Question 34
Fractional indices represent:

a. roots
b. reciprocals
c. multiplications

Question 35
Question 36

is the same as .

Question 37

?=

Question 38

written in index form is:

Question 39

Evaluate .

Question 40

can also be written as:

a.

b.

Question 41

Evaluate .

Question 42

is equal to:
Question 43

= (p )

=p

A=

Question 44
Simplify this expression.

Question 45
Simplify:

Question 46

Evaluate .

Question 47

Simplify .

Question 48

Simplify .

Question 49
Which operation would you do first when evaluating 8 + 2 × 5?

a. Add 8 and 2.

b. Multiply 2 and 5.
Question 50

20 − 12 ÷ 4 + 1 =

Question 51
What is the first operation to look for, using order of operations?

a. Grouping symbols or indices

b. Multiplication

c. Division

d. Addition

e. Subtraction

Question 52
True or false?
You can work left to right if a calculation has only additions and subtractions.

a. True
b. False

Question 53
Complete this calculation:

92 − 3 ×
= 81 −
4
=

Question 54

In finding the value of 92 − 3 × 42 which calculation(s) should be done first?

a. 9−3

b. 3×4

c. 92 and 42
Question 55
Complete this calculation:

92 − 32 = 81 −
=

Question 56
Find the value of 35 − 20 ÷ (5 − 3).
35 − 20 ÷ (5 − 3) =

Question 57
Tara divided 40 by 5 and subtracted the result from 30.
Which expression correctly describes Tara’s calculation?

a. 40 ÷ 5 − 30

b. (40 − 30) ÷ 5

c. 30 − 40 ÷ 5

d. 40 − (30 ÷ 5)

Question 58

Find the value of .

Question 59
Complete this calculation:

52 − 32 = 25 −
=
= 4

Question 60
Find the simplest answer for [(10 + 4) ÷ 7] × 10.
[(10 + 4) ÷ 7] × 10 =
Question 61

Simplify without using a calculator.

Question 62
Giuseppe wondered what would happen if he worked from right to left instead of from left to right for
the following calculation.
He tried: [72 + (12 + 6)] = [72 + 18]
and: [(72 + 12) + 6] = [84 + 6]
He found that they are both equal to 90. Next he tried other operations. Which calculations are false?
Be sure to select all correct answers.

a. [72 − (12 − 6)] = [(72 − 12) − 6]

b. [72 × (12 × 6)] = [(72 × 12) × 6]

c. [72 ÷ (12 ÷ 6)] = [(72 ÷ 12) ÷ 6]

Question 63

What is [8 + 7 − 6 × 5 ÷ 2]3 equal to?

[8 + 7 − 6 × 5 ÷ 2]3 =

Question 64

and represent any three numbers.

Which of the following descriptions are true?
Be sure to select all correct answers.

a. ×( + )= × + ×

b. ×( + )= ×( + )×

×( + )= × +( ×
c.
)

d. ×( + )=( × + )×

Question 65
Enter a number to complete this statement:
0.00372 has significant figures
Question 66
When should you use an '=' symbol?

a. When you round to the nearest whole number

b. When you have two things that are the same value
c. Whenever you are writing maths working out

Question 67
Which of these methods is used to estimate an answer?

a. Round the answer, once it has been worked out, to the nearest whole number.

b. Round the answer, once it has been worked out, to 1 significant figure.

Round the numbers in the question to 1 significant figure before you work out the
c.
answer.

Question 68
If you round 3.17 to 3.2, you are:

a. rounding to two decimal places

b. rounding to one decimal place

Question 69

Estimate the answer to (9.1)2 − (2.8)3 by rounding to 1 significant figure.

Question 70

What calculation should you use to estimate without needing to use a calculator?

a.
b.
c.
d.
Question 71
The table shows the number of sandwiches sold in the canteen in one week.

Day No. of sandwiches

Monday 439
Tuesday 271
Wednesday 225
Thursday 310
Friday 198

Estimate the total number of sandwiches sold by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.

Question 72
What calculation should you use to estimate

18 560 × 87.3

(44.7)2

by rounding to 2 significant figures?

18 000 × 80
a.
(45)2

20 000 × 90
b.
(40)2

19 000 × 87
c.
(45)2

Question 73
Which of these is the correct method to find an estimate of 5.67 × 1.81 when working to 1 significant
figure?

a. 6×2
b. 5.7 × 2
c. 5×1
Question 74

Which of these methods would you use to estimate (18.41)3 + (1.6)4?

a. (18)3 + (1.6)4
b. (20)3 + (1)4
c. (20)3 + (2)4

Question 75
What calculation should you use to estimate

18 560 × 87.3

(44.7)2

by rounding to 1 significant figure?

18 000 × 80
a.
(40)2

20 000 × 90
b.
(40)2

19 000 × 100
c.
(50)2

Question 76

1856 × 97.3
Estimate by rounding to 1 significant figure.
(9.6)2
Question 77
Why can't you round to the nearest whole number to find a good estimate for

0.61
× 0.489 ?
0.859 41

a. The answer would be 0

b. Everything would be divided by 0
c. There is no reason