Exercise 12.2 - Chapter 12 Exponents & Powers class 8 ncert solutions Maths - SaraNextGen [2024-2025]

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On April 24, 2024, 11:35 AM

Question 1:

Express the following numbers in standard form.

(i) 0.0000000000085 (ii) 0.00000000000942

(iii) 6020000000000000 (iv) 0.00000000837

(v) 31860000000

Answer:

(i) 0.0000000000085 = 8.5 × 10⁻¹²

(ii) 0.00000000000942 = 9.42 × 10⁻¹²

(iii) 6020000000000000 = 6.02 × 10¹⁵

(iv) 0.00000000837 = 8.37 × 10⁻⁹

(v) 31860000000 = 3.186 × 10¹⁰

Question 2:

Express the following numbers in usual form.

(i) 3.02 × 10⁻⁶ (ii) 4.5 × 10⁴

(iii) 3 × 10⁻⁸ (iv) 1.0001 × 10⁹

(v) 5.8 × 10¹² (vi) 3.61492 × 10⁶

Answer:

(i) 3.02 × 10⁻⁶ = 0.00000302

(ii) 4.5 × 10⁴ = 45000

(iii) 3 × 10⁻⁸ = 0.00000003

(iv) 1.0001 × 10⁹ = 1000100000

(v) 5.8 × 10¹² = 5800000000000

(vi) 3.61492 × 10⁶ = 3614920

Question 3:

Express the number appearing in the following statements in standard form.

(i) 1 micron is equal to  m.

(ii) Charge of an electron is 0.000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 16 coulomb.

(iii) Size of a bacteria is 0.0000005 m

(iv) Size of a plant cell is 0.00001275 m

(v) Thickness of a thick paper is 0.07 mm

Answer:

(i)   = 1 × 10⁻⁶

(ii) 0.000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 16 = 1.6 × 10⁻¹⁹

(iii) 0.0000005 = 5 × 10⁻⁷

(iv) 0.00001275 = 1.275 × 10⁻⁵

(v) 0.07 = 7 × 10⁻²

Question 4:

In a stack there are 5 books each of thickness 20 mm and 5 paper sheets each of thickness 0.016 mm. What is the total thickness of the stack?

Answer:

Thickness of each book = 20 mm

Hence, thickness of 5 books = (5 × 20) mm = 100 mm

Thickness of each paper sheet = 0.016 mm

Hence, thickness of 5 paper sheets = (5 × 0.016) mm = 0.080 mm

Total thickness of the stack = Thickness of 5 books + Thickness of 5 paper sheets

= (100 + 0.080) mm

= 100.08 mm

= 1.0008 × 10² mm