Standard Form

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Level 1 - Converting from standard form. Positive indices.

Level 2 - Converting from standard form. Negative indices.

Level 3 - Converting from standard form. Mixed including zero as the index.

Level 4 - Converting to standard form. The inverse of level 1.

Level 5 - Converting to standard form. The inverse of level 2.

Level 6 - Converting to standard form. The inverse of level 3.

Level 7 - Mixed calculations.

Level 8 - Mixed calculations without a calculator.

Level 9 - Standard form numbers in fractions without a calculator.

Level 10 - Multiple choice exercise.

Standard Form Algebra - Deeply test your understanding of standard form by involving a little algebra.

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Curriculum Reference

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Standard Form

Standard form, also known as scientific notation, is a way of writing numbers that accommodates values too large or small to be conveniently written in standard decimal notation.

Examples

To convert a number to standard form means to write it in the form a x 10^b where a is a number greater than or equal to one and less than ten and b is an integer.

34800

= 3.48 x 10000

= 3.48 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10

= 3.48 x 10⁴

0.0348

= 3.48 ÷ 100

= 3.48 x ¹⁄₁₀₀

= 3.48 x 10^-2

Finally note that any number raised to the power zero is 1 so:

3.48

= 3.48 x 1

= 3.48 x 10⁰

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\( \dfrac{1}{1 \times 10^7} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{1}{1 \times 10^{-3}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{1}{2 \times 10^{4}} \) = ×10
\( \dfrac{1}{5 \times 10^{-7}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{1}{4 \times 10^{-8}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{1}{2.5 \times 10^{6}} \) = ×10
\( \dfrac{1}{1.25 \times 10^{5}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{1}{8 \times 10^{4}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{3}{5 \times 10^{6}} \) = ×10
\( \dfrac{9}{4 \times 10^{-5}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{1000}{8 \times 10^{7}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{7}{8 \times 10^{8}} \) = ×10
\( \dfrac{3 \times 10^{10}}{4 \times 10^{5}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{1.5 \times 10^{2}}{6 \times 10^{-3}} \) = ×10	\( \dfrac{8.5 \times 10^{-5}}{5 \times 10^{-7}} \) = ×10

Standard Form :: Level 9

Test your understanding of standard form (scientific notation) with this self-marking quiz.

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