Mathematics 4024 · O Level

Standard form

35 practice questions on Standard form, with worked solutions and instant marking.

Here, $p=4\times10^5,\ q=7\times10^6$.

May/June 2015

Write $0.00000521$ in standard form.

May/June 2015

Write $0.034 \times 10^{-3}$ in standard form.

May/June 2016

The table gives the populations of some African countries in $2014$, rounded to $2$ significant figures.

May/June 2016

Write $0.000186$ in standard form by expressing it as a power of ten.

May/June 2017

On one day in $2016$, Nepal’s population was $28\,795\,701$. Write this number correct to three significant figures.

May/June 2018

Thus, $N=2\times10^8$.

May/June 2018

Express $0.0000845$ in standard form.

May/June 2019

Arrange these numbers from smallest to largest. $2.1\times10^{-3},\;4.2\times10^{-4},\;1.7\times10^{-5},\;3.5\times10^{-4}$.

May/June 2019

This gives $a = \frac{b^2 + c}{d}$.

May/June 2021

Express $0.000053$ in standard form.

May/June 2021

State $0.000863$ in standard form.

May/June 2022

Arrange these numbers from the smallest to the largest: $2000$, $0.002$, $2\times10^{-4}$, $2\times10^{-2}$.

May/June 2022

The mass of the planet Saturn is $5.7 \times 10^{26}\text{ kg}$. The mass of the planet Venus is $4.9 \times 10^{24}\text{ kg}$. Calculate the difference in mass between Saturn and Venus. Give your answer in standard form.

May/June 2023

The table lists the population figures and land areas for three countries in 2019.

May/June 2023

Write $42\,000\,000$ in standard form.

May/June 2024

Kenya has a population of $5.71 \times 10^7$ people. Its land area is $6 \times 10^5\text{ km}^2$. Population density means the number of people in each $\text{km}^2$.

May/June 2025

Express $1.23 \times 10^{-4}$ in ordinary-number form.

May/June 2025

Write $45000000$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2016

Write $513\,000$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2016

Express the number $0.00012$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2017

Write $360$ million in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2017

Here, $N = 4 \times 10^{5}$.

Oct/Nov 2018

Here, $p = 8 \times 10^{-6}$ and $q = 2 \times 10^{11}$.

Oct/Nov 2018

Express the number $0.00023$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2019

Express the value of $4500 \times 1000^2$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2019

Express $0.043 \times 10^2$ as a number in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2020

Express $340\,000$ in standard form, giving the answer in that notation.

Oct/Nov 2020

Write the value $320\,000\,000$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2022

Express $7.54 \times 10^{-4}$ as a decimal number.

Oct/Nov 2022

Express $0.00493$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2023

Express $0.000257$ in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2024

Evaluate

Oct/Nov 2024

Write the number 0.0142 in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2025

Express 372000000 in standard form.

Oct/Nov 2025