ROOTS AND INDICES

Name:
BAM Indicator: Calculate with roots and integer indices
No calculator allowed - unless the question states otherwise!
1. Work out the following:

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b) (1 + 416)4

a) 196 43

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c)

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d) 2.73

2.4 125
32 + 1

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2. a) Use your calculator to work out (2.4 105) (6 102)

R
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b) Use the index laws to work out (2 10 ) (7.2 10 )

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c) Explain why your answers to (a) and (b) are equivalent

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3. A snail has a top speed of 2.8 10-3 m/s.

The earth has a circumference of 4 107 metres.
Use your calculator to work out the time it would take a snail to crawl this distance.
Give your answer in seconds and to two significant figures.

____________ seconds

4. A Kaprekar number is one whose square can be split into two parts that sum to the
original number. For example, 55 is a Kaprekar number since 55 2 = 3025, and 30 + 25 =
55. Which of the following are Kaprekar numbers? Explain how you know.
158

246

297

5. Put a ring around the statements that are always true? Explain how you know.
4

1

4

= 4

R = Reasoning

= 4

Low

Overall, I think my success level is:

F = Fluency

High

P = Problem-solving

A = Application

M = Misconception

ROOTS AND INDICES

I can calculate with positive integer powers
I can calculate with roots
I can use a scientific calculator to calculate with powers
I can use a scientific calculator to calculate with roots
Improvements I could make:

Mathematical presentation

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