Home / iGCSE Mathematics (0580) :C1.3 Calculate with squares, square roots, cubes and cube roots and other powers and roots of numbers. . iGCSE Style Questions Paper 3

iGCSE Mathematics (0580) :C1.3 Calculate with squares, square roots, cubes and cube roots and other powers and roots of numbers. . iGCSE Style Questions Paper 3

Question

 (a) (i) 1 and 120 are factors of 120.
Write down another factor of 120.
(ii) Find the highest common factor of 120 and 900.
(b) 2      5      15      24     49       60       258      512
From the list, write down
(i) a multiple of 30,
(ii) a square number,
(iii) the cube root of 8.
(c) Give an example to show that the following statements are not true.
(i) An odd number multiplied by an even number gives an odd number.
(ii) The cube of a negative number is positive.
(d) Use < , > , or = to complete the following statements.
Each symbol may be used more than once.
(i) 0.5 ………………………….. \(\frac{3}{8}\)
(ii) 1.5 ………………………….. 105%
(iii) 0.78 ………………………… \(\frac{11}{14}\)

Answer/Explanation

Answer:

(a) (i) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30,
40, 60.
(ii) 60

(b) (i) 60
(ii) 49
(iii) 2

(c) (i) Any correct example
(ii) Any correct example

(d) (i) >
(ii) >
(iii) <

Question

 (a) 6      144      63      11      288      72      8
From the list, write down
(i) the multiple of 7,
(ii) the cube of 2,
(iii) the prime number,
(iv) the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 16 and 18.
(b) Without using a calculator explain why the square of 4.86 must be between 16 and 25.
(c) Find the value of
(i) \(4^7\).
(ii) \(12^0\)
(iii) \(8.3^2 + \sqrt{27}\)
(d) Write 90 as the product of its prime factors.

Answer/Explanation

Answer:

(a) (i) 63
(ii) 8
(iii) 11
(iv) 144

(b) \(4^2[=]16\)      \(5^2[=]25\)
(c) (i) 16384
(ii) 1
(iii) 74.1 or 74.08 to 74.09
(d) \(2 \times 3^2 \times 5\) or \(2 \times 3 \times 3 \times 5\)

Question

(a) Write down all the factors of 18.
……………………………………………………..
(b) Write down a prime number between 40 and 50.
………………………………………….
(c) Calculate \(1.09+\frac{7.85}{6.21-4.37}.\)
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
………………………………………….
(d) Find the value of
(i)\(\sqrt{2.89}\)
………………………………………….
(ii)\(14^{3}\)
………………………………………….
(iii)\(4^{-2}\)
………………………………………….
(e)(i) \(126=2\times 3^{2}\times k\)
Find the value of k.
k = …………………………………………
(ii) Write 90 as the product of its prime factors.
………………………………………….
(iii) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 90 and 126.
………………………………………….

Answer/Explanation

(a) 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
(b) 41 or 43 or 47
(c) 5.4
(d)(i) 1.7
(ii) 2744
(iii) 0.0625 or\( \frac{1}{16}\)
(e)(i) 7
(ii) \(2\times 3^{2}\times 5\) or \(2\times 3\times 5\)
(iii) 630

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