Year 10 indices and standard form quiz to download as PDF

This Year 10 indices and standard form quiz has 10 short questions for pupils aged 14-15. Type your answer, check it straight away and read the explanation when you get one wrong.

Year 10 indices and standard form quiz: the 10 questions

What is \(2^5\)?
Write 4 500 000 in standard form.
What is \(5^{-2}\) as a fraction?
Simplify \(x^4\times x^6\).
Simplify \(y^9\div y^4\).
Write 0.003 in standard form.
What is \(10^0\)?
What is \((3\times10^2)\times(2\times10^3)\) in standard form?
(Higher) What is \(36^{\frac{1}{2}}\)?
(Higher) What is \(8^{-1}\) as a fraction?

How to use this Year 10 indices and standard form quiz

First, answer every question without a calculator unless the question says so. Then check your answer and read the short explanation. If you get fewer than 7 right, revise the indices and standard form lesson and try again later. After that, try the multiple choice questions or the indices and standard form worksheet.

Finally, take this quiz again before a test, because quick retrieval helps you remember. Moreover, all the pages of this chapter work together, so you can move between them at any time. For example, many pupils read the lesson on Monday, practise on Wednesday and test themselves on Friday.