# Exam-Style Questions on Standard Form

## Problems on Standard Form adapted from questions set in previous exams.

### 1.

GCSE Higher

The surface gravity, $$g$$, of a planet is the gravitational acceleration experienced at its surface. The following formula can be used to find how a planet's gravity compares to Earth's.

$$g=\frac{6.67 \times 10^{-11} \times m}{r^2}$$

Where $$m$$ is the mass of the planet and $$r$$ is the radius.

Find the ratio of the surface gravity on Jupiter and the surface gravity Mars. Give your answer in the form $$n:1$$.

 Mass (kg) Radius (m) Jupiter 1.90 × 1027 6.68 × 107 Mars 6.39 × 1023 3.39 × 106

### 2.

IB Studies

The Moon appears to orbit around the Earth with an average radius of 385 thousand kilometres.

(a) Write down this radius, in kilometres, in the form $$a\times 10^k$$, where $$1 \le a\lt 10,k\in \mathbb Z$$

(b) Calculate the distance, in kilometres, the Moon travels around the Earth in one orbit, assuming that the orbit is a circle.

It takes approximately 27.3 days for the Moon to complete one orbit.

(c) Calculate the total distance the Moon appears to travel around the earth during a leap year.

### 3.

GCSE Higher

The volume of the Moon is $$2.2 \times 10^{10}$$ km3

The volume of the Saturn is $$8.3 \times 10^{14}$$ km3

How many times larger is the radius of Saturn than the radius of the Moon?

Assume that Saturn and the Moon are both spheres and that the volume $$v$$ of a sphere with radius $$r$$ is given by the following formula.

$$v=\frac43\pi r^3$$

Give your answer to 2 significant figures.

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