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O-LevelMathematicsNumber4024/11 · May/June 2011 · Q194 Marks

Vicky's fingernail grows one nanometre in one second. One nanometre is 1 × 10⁻⁹ metres. Vicky calculates how much her fingernail grows in one hour. Find this length, in standard form, giving your answer

  1. (a)Vicky's fingernail grows one nanometre in one second. One nanometre is 1 × 10⁻⁹ metres. Vicky calculates how much her fingernail grows in one hour. Find this length, in standard form, giving your answer
  2. (a)(i)in metres,[1]
  3. (a)(ii)in millimetres.[1]
  4. (b)It is given that 2 × 10³(d + 3 × 10²) = 8 × 10⁶. Find d.[2]

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Topic
Number, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, May/June 2011 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 19.

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