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GAT Questions
100

a5 x a3 x a2 

a10

100

6.32 x 10as an ordinary number

632 000 000

100

4.2 x 104 x 3 x 102

1.26 x 107

100

Determine, using index laws, how many seconds it takes for light to travel from the Sun to Earth given that Earth is 1.5 × 108 km from the Sun and the speed of light is 3 × 105 km / s

500 seconds

100

A semi conductor company advertises that its new computer uses a 2 nm manufacturing processing chip.

Note that 1 nm = 10-9 metres

Convert 2 nm into metres as an ordinary number

0.000000002 metres

200

a9 / (a2 x a3)

a4

200

4.2 x 10-3 as an ordinary number

0.0042

200

6.3 x 10/ 3 x 10-2

2.1 x 104

200

The mass of Earth is approximately 6 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg . Given that the mass of the Sun is 330 000 times the mass of Earth, find the mass of the Sun. Express your answer using scientific notation

1.98 x 1030

200

a3 = -125

a = -5

300

(a3)2 x a2 / a4

a4

300

987 000 in scientific notation

9.87 x 105

300

3.5 x 103 x 2 x 10-4 x 2 x 108

1.4 x 108

300

The Australian $2 coin has a mass of 6.5g and a thickness of 2.5 x 10-1 cm.

Billy stacks a pile of $2 coins until the total height of the coin stack is 31.75cm

How many coins were in the stack?

127

300

(322/5)3 = 2a

a = 6

400

(4a-2b3c)2 x 3(a2b)3 / 12a2c

4b9c

400

0.0000736 in scientific notation

7.36 x 10-5

400

(3.2 x 103 + 1.2 x 104) x 2 x 103

3.04 x 107

400

4+ 4x + 4x + 4x = 256

x = 3

500

2x-1 = 16

solve for 'x'

x = 5

500

987 300 in scientific notation to 3 significant figures

9.87 x 105

500

2.65 x 10x 2.9 x 105

7.685 x 108

500

The Australian $2 coin has a mass of 6.5g and a thickness of 2.5 x 10-1 cm.

Billy stacks a pile of $2 coins until the total height of the coin stack is 31.75cm

If there were 127 coins in the stack. If Billy removes 15 of these coins, what would be the new height in cm's?

28 cm

500

22x + 22x+1 + 22x+2 = 112

x = 2

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