EMAC Gold 2e Year 9 OTS_Tests_Ch7_Indices TEST B

Chapter 7: Indices
Test B (30 marks)
Name: ___________________________________

Part A – Multiple-choice questions (5 marks)

 5x 
3
1 in expanded form is:

A xxx B 5 x x x C 5 55 x x x

5x   5x   5x 

3 3 3
D 5 x3  5 x3  5 x3 E
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2 2x 7  7x 3 is equivalent to:

A 14x 21 B 14x10 C 14x 4

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D 9x10 E 9x 21
  

3  2 x 0   9 x  simplifies to:
0


A −2 B −1 C 0

D 2 E 7

5
4 is equal to:
2 3

5 5 1
A  B C
8 8 40
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D −40 E 40
 
5 The number of significant figures given in 0.07309 is:

A two B three C four

D five E six

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Part B – Short-answer questions(19 marks)

1 Simplify each of the following.

a x 3  x  x8 b 5n 9  n 5

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 ___________________________  ___________________________

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6 p 7q2
c 2a 3b  8a 2b 6 d
15 p 4 q

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___________________________  ___________________________

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(1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 6 marks)

2 Simplify each of the following.

w 
3 5
3x 6 
2
a b

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 ___________________________  ___________________________

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 4 y  9x0  a0
0
c d

___________________________ ___________________________

___________________________ ___________________________

___________________________ ___________________________

(4  ½ = 2 marks)

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3 Simplify each of the following and write with positive indices.

6 2
a 7ab 3 2
b  
m 

___________________________ ___________________________
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___________________________  ___________________________

___________________________ ___________________________

2x 3 3
c  2c d 
2 3 4
d  5 
3y z 

___________________________ ___________________________

___________________________  ___________________________

___________________________ ___________________________

___________________________ ___________________________

(1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 6 marks)

4 Express each of the following using positive indices only.

1
a x 5 b
y 1
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 ___________________________ ___________________________

c 9ab 4

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 ___________________________ (1 + 1 + 1 = 3 marks)

5 Use a calculator to evaluate each of the following. Leave your answers in scientific
notation correct to five significant figures.

2.84 104
a ____________________________________
7.13 107

b 4.052 105  7.25 1013 ____________________________________

(1 + 1 = 2 marks)

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Part C – Extended-response questions (6 marks)

4  a 2b0   a  3b 4 
3 2

1 Simplify the expression using a combination of index laws.

6  ab5    2a 6 
3 0

Express your answer using positive indices only.

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(2 marks)

2 a The diameter of a nitrogen atom is 6.5  10 8 mm. Write this measurement

in decimal form.
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b The diameter of a sodium atom is 0.00000018 mm. Write this measurement

using scientific notation.

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c The volume of the Moon is 2.196  1010 km 3 . Write this measurement as a

basic numeral.

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d The volume of Earth is 1083 billion cubic kilometres; that is,

1 083 000 000 000 km 3 . Write this measurement using scientific notation.

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(4  1 = 4 marks)

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