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• Question 26May/June 2026, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Write these numbers in standard form.

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• Question 26Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured1 mark

  Write $1.753\times {10}^8$ as an ordinary number.

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• Question 21Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured1 mark

  Calculate $(6.4\times {10}^5)÷(2.5\times {10}^{-7})$.

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• Question 21May/June 2026, paper 31Structured2 marks

  Calculate $(8.7\times {10}^8)+(2.4\times {10}^7)$.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 31Structured12 marks

  Write the number six million and thirty in figures.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2023, paper 33Structured13 marksHas a diagram

  A company makes glass using silica, soda, lime and magnesia. The table gives information about the proportions used.

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• Question 27Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Structured1 mark

  Sam writes 851000 in standard form as $85.1\times {10}^4$. Explain why $85.1\times {10}^4$ is not a number in standard form.

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• Question 19May/June 2023, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Calculate $1÷(6.4\times {10}^{-5})$.

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• Question 23Oct/Nov 2025, paper 31Structured2 marks

  Calculate $\frac{4.6\times {10}^3}{1.84\times {10}^5}$.

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• Question 21May/June 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Calculate $1.827\times {10}^6÷9000$.

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• Question 18May/June 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

  Write 45 000 in standard form.

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• Question 21Oct/Nov 2025, paper 32Structured2 marks

  Calculate (5.6 × 10⁻³) ÷ (2.4 × 10⁻⁵).

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• Question 17May/June 2024, paper 12Structured1 mark

  Write 174 000 in standard form.

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• Question 8May/June 2023, paper 33Structured9 marks

  The length, $l\text{ m}$, of a piece of wire is $18.7\text{ metres}$, correct to the nearest $10\text{ centimetres}$. Complete the statement about the value of $l$.

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• Question 25May/June 2025, paper 11Structured2 marks

  Write 32500 in standard form.

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• Question 19May/June 2025, paper 32Structured2 marks

  Write 0.0000000347 in standard form.

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• Question 21May/June 2025, paper 33Structured8 marks

  These are the distances above the surface of the Earth of five satellites, $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ and $E$. Each distance is in kilometres.

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