Assignment Unit 5 Number II

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Sha Tin College Mathematics Department

Key Stage 4 Extended Level Course
Unit 5 Assignment: Number II Total /90
Need to Know
Laws of Indices :
a m × a n = a m +n
am
n
= a m−n
a
(a m )n = a mn
a0 = 1
1
a−m = m
a
A: Indices
#1 no calc
a) Simplify the following: a x a x a x a = [1]
b) 4 x a x a x a x b x b x b
12 x a x a x b
[1]
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Sha Tin College Mathematics Department KS 4 Extended ASSIGNMENT Number II
#2 no calc
Simplify the following expressions, writing your answers in index form:
a) a7 x a 4
b) 11b x 2b3
20ab 2 c
c)
10a 3b
4a −2b
d)
8a 3b
e) (5x2y)3
f) 15a 3 / 5ab3
[6]
#3 no calc
Work out the value of the following:
a) 2-2
b) 361/2
c) 80
d) 271/3
[4]
#4 no calc
Simplify the following expressions (giving your answer in surd form where appropriate).
2
a) a 3
b) ba −1
−1
c) a 2
[3]
2
#5 no calcs Write the following surds in index form.
a) a2
b) 3
a5
c) 5
a −2
[3]
#6 Calculate
(a) 2−3 ,
Answer (a) [1]

−3
(b) 3 ÷2 .
2
Answer (b) [1]
#7 Solve the equation x −3 = 8 .
Answer x = [2]
#8 no calc Simplify 33 x 2 ÷ 11x −4 .
Answer [1]
Total for Section A /23
3
B: Standard Form
#1 non calc Convert these numbers to standard form:
a) 340
b) 0.006
c) 1.32
d) 7 million
[4]
#2 non calc Convert these numbers from standard form to ordinary form:
a) 2.0342 x 102
b) 3.37 x 105
c) 7.072 x 10-2
d) 5.33 x 10 -1
[4]
#3 A dronefly moves its wings 300 times per second.

1
How many times will it move its wings in 4 minutes?
2
Give your answer in standard form.
Answer [2]
#4 In 1985 the population of the Soviet Union was 2.70 × 108 and the population of
China was 1.02 × 109 . Calculate the total population of the Soviet Union and
China in 1985, giving your answer in standard form.
Answer [2]
4
#5 non calc Insert one of the symbols >, =, < to make each of the statements correct.
( 0.2 )
2
(a) .......... 4 ×10−2 , [1]
(b) 30 ……… 0.507

70. [1]
#6 Mario’s heart beats 72 times per minute.
(a) Calculate how many times it beats in 1 year. [Use 1 year = 365 days.]
Answer (a) [1]
(b) Write your answer to part (a) in standard form, correct to 2 significant
figures.
Answer (b) [1]
#7 The world population is increasing by 3 people per second.
(a) Calculate the increase in world population in 1 year. [1 year = 365 days.]
Answer (a) [1]
(b) The world population was 5.00 ×109 in 1987.

Assuming that the rate of increase of population remains constant,
calculate an estimate, to 3 significant figures, of the world population
10 years later. Give your answer in standard form.
Answer (b) [2]
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Total for Section B /19
C: Speed, Distance, Time Calculations and Graphs

#1 no calc Roy arrived at the bus station at 10 19. His bus had left half an hour
before.
(a) At what time had his bus left?
Answer (a) [1]
(b) Roy’s next bus is at 11 05. How long must he wait?
Answer (b) minutes [1]
1
#2 non calc A family arrives home at 01 10 after a journey that took 7 hours.
2
At what time on the previous day did their journey start?
Answer [2]
#3 non calc Penny flies from Lisbon to New York in 7 hours 30 minutes. She departs
at 23 40. Lisbon time and has to put her watch back by 5 hours before arrival in New
York.What is the time in New York when her plane lands?
Answer [2]
#4 A videotape is 207 metres long. Its total playing time is three hours.
Find the speed of the tape
(a) in metres per minute,
Answer (a) m/min [1]
(b) in centimetres per second.
Answer (b) cm/s [2]
6
#5
The graph shows the first 240 seconds of the motion of a train.
(a) Estimate the speed of the train 90 seconds after it started.
Answer (a) m/s [1]
(b) Calculate the acceleration of the train between 60 and 120 seconds.
Answer (b) m/s2 [2]
#6 A ship sails 465 km across the Adriatic sea, from Ancona to Dubrovnik, at an
average speed of 30 km/h. The departure time from Ancona is 18 40.
Calculate the arrival time at Dubrovnik on the next day.
Answer [3]
7
#7
The graph shows the speed, in metres/second, of a car as it comes to rest from
a speed of 10 m/s.
(a) Calculate the rate at which the car is slowing down during the first three
seconds.
Answer (a) m/s2 [1]
(b) Calculate the distance travelled during the 10 second period shown on the
graph.
Answer (b) m [3]
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#8 The distance-time graph below represents Terry’s journey from home to school
one morning.
He runs for 10 minutes, rests for 10 minutes and then walks the remaining
distance.
(a) Calculate, in metres per second, his running speed.
Answer (a) m/s [1]
(b) His brother Cliff sets off from home later and runs at a constant speed of
5 m/s for the whole journey to school, arriving at the same time as Terry.
(i) Draw, on the graph above, the line representing

Cliff’s journey. [2]
(ii) At what time did Cliff leave home?
Answer (b)(ii) [1]
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#9 The diagram below is a speed-time graph for a car journey.
(a) Calculate the acceleration during the first 20 seconds of the journey.
Answer (a) m/s2 [1]
(b) Calculate the distance travelled in the last 10 seconds of the journey.
Answer (b) m [1]
(c) Calculate the average speed for the whole journey.
Answer (c) m/s [3]
Total for Section C /28
10
D: Surds
#1. (a) Evaluate
–2
(i) 3
…………………………[1]
1
(ii) 36 2
…………………………[1]
2
(iii) 27 3
…………………………[2]
− 34
 16 
(iv)  
 81 
…………………………[2]
#2 Simplify the following:
(a) 125
…………………………[2]
(b) 50 x 5
…………………………[2]
(c) 2 8 - 200 + 4 50
…………………………[2]
11
21
(b) (i) Rationalise the denominator of and simplify your answer
7
…………………………[3]
(ii) ( )(
Expand 5 + 2 3 5 − 2 3 )
Express your answer as simply as possible.
…………………………[5]
Total for Section D /20
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Unit 5 Assignment: Number II
CAN DO statements Tick Here
RECAP Calculate powers and roots without a calculator.
RECAP Indices. Simplify expressions using indices.
RECAP Indices. Apply the laws of indices to simplify expressions
NEW Understand what is meant by the zero index and negative indices
NEW Understand what is meant by fractional indices and simplify
expressions involving these indices. Convert from index to surd form.
Investigating – checking for completeness
RECAP Standard Form. Convert from ordinary to standard form and vice-
versa using positive indices. Be able to manipulate numbers in standard
form.
RECAP Standard Form. Convert from ordinary to standard form and vice-
versa using negative indices. Be able to manipulate numbers in standard
form.
RECAP Irrational Numbers
Be able to determine if a number is irrational or not
NEW Irrational Numbers – Surds. Manipulation of surds.
Rationalising the denominator.
Surds additional practice
RECAP(A) Calculations involving time: second(s), minutes (min) hours (h) days, months,
years, 1 year = 365 days including the relation between consecutive units.
NEW Speed, distance, time. Solving problems involving finding these
values.
RECAP Drawing and interpreting travel graphs. Recognising that the gradient of
a distance – time graph represents the rate ie speed
NEW Drawing and interpreting speed – time graphs. Recognising that the
gradient represents the acceleration or deceleration.
NEW Recognising that the area under a speed – time graph is the distance
travelled
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Unit 5 Assignment: Number II Total /90

Answer (a) [1]

Answer (b) [1]

#7 Solve the equation x −3 = 8 .

#8 no calc Simplify 33 x 2 ÷ 11x −4 .

Total for Section A /23

#1 non calc Convert these numbers to standard form:

#3 A dronefly moves its wings 300 times per second.

(b) 30 ……… 0.507

#6 Mario’s heart beats 72 times per minute.

Answer (a) [1]

#7 The world population is increasing by 3 people per second.

Answer (a) [1]

(b) The world population was 5.00 ×109 in 1987.

Answer (b) [2]

C: Speed, Distance, Time Calculations and Graphs

(a) At what time had his bus left?

Answer (a) [1]

(b) Roy’s next bus is at 11 05. How long must he wait?

Answer (b) minutes [1]

(a) in metres per minute,

Answer (a) m/min [1]

(b) in centimetres per second.

Answer (b) cm/s [2]

(a) Estimate the speed of the train 90 seconds after it started.

Answer (a) m/s [1]

Answer (b) m/s2 [2]

Calculate the arrival time at Dubrovnik on the next day.

Answer (a) m/s2 [1]

Answer (b) m [3]

(a) Calculate, in metres per second, his running speed.

Answer (a) m/s [1]

(i) Draw, on the graph above, the line representing

(ii) At what time did Cliff leave home?

Answer (b)(ii) [1]

Answer (a) m/s2 [1]

Answer (b) m [1]

(c) Calculate the average speed for the whole journey.

Answer (c) m/s [3]

Total for Section C /28

Total for Section D /20

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