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formulas for maths exam
y2 x y4: y to the power of 2 x y to the power of 4
y(to the power of 6): ADD INDICES
(a3)2: a to the power of 3 to the power of 2
a to the power of 6: MULTIPLY INDICES
(a)0: a to the power of 0
1
a-1: a to the power of negative 1
1/a: PUT INTO FRACTION W/ NEGATIVE ON BOTTOM
5a-4: 5 x a to the power of negative 4
5/a4: PUT POSITIVE ONTOP AND PUT NEGATIVE ON BOTTOM
56.357 round to 3 significant figures
56.4: DON’T PUT ZERO’S BECAUSE IT’S A DECIMAL
548307 round to 3 significant figures
548000: PUT ZERO’S BECAUSE IT’S NOT A DECIMAL
764 000 000 000 scientific notation
7.64x10*11: ROUND TO 2 DECIMAL PLACES AND COUNT ZERO’S
convert 5.8t to kg
5800kg: T-K=x1000
convert 16km to cm
1600000cm: KG-M=x1000, M-CM=x100
big units to small units
multiply
small to big units
divide
convert 23700mL to L
23.7: mL-L=DIVIDE BY 1000
1500 mins to hours
25: DIVIDE BY 60
limits of accuracy with a ruler with measurements of 1 cm
0.5cm: 1 DIVIDED BY 0.5