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Cube roots

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1. Find the cube root of 8 (the cube root of 8 can be written as 8)

Complete

…… × …… × …….. = 8

3
So, 8 = ……..

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2. Find 9

3. Label the diagram with theses words: base, index

6³

4. Calculate 24

24 = ….. × …….×……×……× = …….

5. Calculate 5³

6. Calculate 45

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7. Calculate 24 × 2³

……× …… × ….. × ……. × ……× ……×…… = 2 ……

OR

2 ( …… + …….) = 2 ……

8. Calculate the following:

(a) 103 × 104 (d) 10-3 × 102

(b) 63 × 65 (e) 53 × 5-3

(c) 82 × 84 (f) x3 × x4

9. If p = 5 × 103
q = 4 × 104

(a) Find the value of p × q.

5 × 103 × 4 × 104 = 5 × 4 × ……. × ………

= …..…. × 10 ………….

In standard form = ……… × 10 ………….

(b) Find the value of p + q.

p = 5 × 103 = …….. × 104

q = 4 × 104

p+ q=

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10. If p = 6 × 104
q = 3 × 105

(a) Find the value of p × q.

(b) Find the value of p + q.

p
(c) Find the value of . Give your answer in standard form.
q

q
(d) Find the value of . Give your answer in standard form.
p

11. (a) Write 63 000 000 in standard form.

(b) Work out 63 000 000 multiplied by 2 × 10³

Give your answer in standard form.

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12. Place these numbers in ascending (increasing) order

5100 5.1 × 10² 0.51 5.1 × 10-2 51 5.1

13. (a) Write down 0.000 345 in standard form

(b) Work out 0.000 345 × 2 × 10³

14. Write down the following in standard form:

(a) 1760 (e) 0.5

(b) 1 760 000 (f) 0.0078

(c) 89 763 200 (g) 0.00000065

(d) 10 900 000 000 (h) 0.000 000 09

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