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These are the Transum resources related to the statement: "Pupils should be taught to calculate with numbers in standard form A × 10ⁿ, where 1≤A<10 and n is an integer".

Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource.

• Standard Form Test your understanding of standard form (scientific notation) with this self-marking quiz.
• Standard Order Arrange the numbers given in standard form with the smallest at the top and the largest at the bottom.

Here are some exam-style questions on this statement:

• "The number 1.25 × 10ⁿ is a cube number." ... more
• "The following table shows the distance from the sun and mass of the eight planets." ... more
• "The volume of the Moon is \(2.2 \times 10^{10}\) km³" ... more
• "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." ... more

Click on a topic below for suggested lesson starters, resources and activities from Transum.

• Indices Where do many fish live? Indices (in the seas!) This topic involves the use of the index, power or exponent. The concept is easily misunderstood and a surprisingly large number of pupils will evaluate 62 as 12 and not 36. After having mastered positive integer indices pupils should move on to negative indices and fractional indices. Exploring this topic in both numeric and algebraic ways will provide understanding and competence in this important concept.