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Question 15

The worldwide population of sheep (2024) is about 10910^9, and that of goats is also about the same. What is the total population of sheep and goats?

(i) 20920^9

(ii) 101110^{11}

(iii) 101010^{10}

(iv) 101810^{18}

(v) 2×1092 \times 10^9

(vi) 109+10910^9 + 10^9

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Solution
Understand the Question
  • The population of sheep is about 10910^9 and the population of goats is also about 10910^9.
  • To find the total population, we add the two quantities: 109+10910^9 + 10^9.
  • Adding two identical terms x+xx + x equals 2x2x, so 109+109=2×10910^9 + 10^9 = 2 \times 10^9.
  • We compare this result with the given options to find which expressions are correct.

Step 1 · Identify Individual Populations

Given Population of sheep=109\text{Population of sheep} = 10^9 Population of goats=109\text{Population of goats} = 10^9Diagram 1

Step 2 · Calculate Total Population

Sum the populations of sheep and goats

Total population=Population of sheep+Population of goats=109+109=2×109\begin{aligned} \text{Total population} &= \text{Population of sheep} + \text{Population of goats} \\ &= 10^9 + 10^9 \\ &= 2 \times 10^9 \end{aligned}

Therefore, both (v) 2×1092 \times 10^9 and (vi) 109+10910^9 + 10^9 correctly represent the total population.

Answer

Both (v) 2×1092 \times 10^9 and (vi) 109+10910^9 + 10^9 are correct.

Common Mistakes
  • Adding Exponents on Addition: Incorrectly writing 109+109=101810^9 + 10^9 = 10^{18}. Exponents are added only during multiplication (109×109=101810^9 \times 10^9 = 10^{18}), not addition.
  • Adding Bases Directly: Incorrectly calculating 109+109=20910^9 + 10^9 = 20^9. (a+b)nan+bn(a + b)^n \neq a^n + b^n.
  • Confusing with 101010^{10}: 1010=10×10910^{10} = 10 \times 10^9, whereas adding two identical quantities gives 2×1092 \times 10^9.

More questions in FIO

Q1

Express the following in exponential form:

(i) 6×6×6×66 \times 6 \times 6 \times 6

(ii) y×yy \times y

(iii) b×b×b×bb \times b \times b \times b

(iv) 5×5×7×7×75 \times 5 \times 7 \times 7 \times 7

(v) 2×2×a×a2 \times 2 \times a \times a

(vi) a×a×a×c×c×c×c×da \times a \times a \times c \times c \times c \times c \times d

Q2

Express each of the following as a product of powers of their prime factors in exponential form:

(i) 648

(ii) 405

(iii) 540

(iv) 3600

Q3

Write the numerical value of each of the following:

(i) 2×1032 \times 10^3

(ii) 72×237^2 \times 2^3

(iii) 3×443 \times 4^4

(iv) (3)2×(5)2(-3)^2 \times (-5)^2

(v) 32×1043^2 \times 10^4

(vi) (2)5×(10)6(-2)^5 \times (-10)^6

Q4

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Q5

There are 5 bottles in a container. Every day, a new container is brought in. How many bottles would there be after 40 days?

Q6

Write the given number as the product of two or more powers in three different ways. The powers can be any integers.

(i) 64364^3 (ii) 1928192^8 (iii) 32532^{-5}

Q7

Examine each statement below and find out if it is 'Always True', 'Only Sometimes True', or 'Never True'. Explain your reasoning.

(i) Cube numbers are also square numbers.

(ii) Fourth powers are also square numbers.

(iii) The fifth power of a number is divisible by the cube of that number.

(iv) The product of two cube numbers is a cube number.

(v) q46q^{46} is both a 4th power and a 6th power (qq is a prime number).

Q8

Simplify and write these in the exponential form.

(i) 102×10510^{-2} \times 10^{-5}

(ii) 57÷545^7 \div 5^4

(iii) 97÷949^{-7} \div 9^4

(iv) (132)3(13^{-2})^{-3}

(v) m5n12(mn)9m^5 n^{12} (mn)^9

Q9

If 122=14412^2 = 144, what is

(i) (1.2)2(1.2)^2

(ii) (0.12)2(0.12)^2

(iii) (0.012)2(0.012)^2

(iv) 1202120^2

Q10

Circle the numbers that are the same—

24×3664×32610182×626242^4 \times 3^6 \qquad 6^4 \times 3^2 \qquad 6^{10} \qquad 18^2 \times 6^2 \qquad 6^{24}

Q11

Identify the greater number in each of the following—

(i) 434^3 or 343^4

(ii) 282^8 or 828^2

(iii) 1002100^2 or 21002^{100}

Q12

A dairy plans to produce 8.5 billion packets of milk in a year. They want a unique ID (identifier) code for each packet. If they choose to use the digits 0099, how many digits should the code consist of?

Q13

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Q14

A digital locker has an alphanumeric (it can have both digits and letters) passcode of length 5. Some example codes are G89P0, 38098, BRJKW, and 003AZ. How many such codes are possible?

Q15

The worldwide population of sheep (2024) is about 10910^9, and that of goats is also about the same. What is the total population of sheep and goats?

(i) 20920^9

(ii) 101110^{11}

(iii) 101010^{10}

(iv) 101810^{18}

(v) 2×1092 \times 10^9

(vi) 109+10910^9 + 10^9

Q16

Calculate and write the answer in scientific notation:

(i) If each person in the world had 30 pieces of clothing, find the total number of pieces of clothing.

(ii) There are about 100 million bee colonies in the world. Find the number of honeybees if each colony has about 50,000 bees.

(iii) The human body has about 38 trillion bacterial cells. Find the bacterial population residing in all humans in the world.

(iv) Total time spent eating in a lifetime in seconds.

Q17

What was the date 1 arab/1 billion seconds ago?

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