Standard Index Form
Standard Index Form
Standard Index Form
10 = 10 x 10 =100
2
105 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 =
100000
10-1 = = 0.1
1
10
10 -6 =
= 0.000001
1268
10 00000
Mr dl
CLASS WORK
1. Change the following power of
10 to ordinary numbers;
a. 108 b. 10-4 c. 10-8
2. Change the following numbers
to power of 10.
a. One hundred million
b. 0.001 x 0.001 x 0.001
c. 0ne hundred thousand
d. 0.00000000001
e. 0.01 x 0.000001 x 0.00001
MULTIPLYING BY A +VE POWER
OF 10
345 X 104 = 345X10X10X10X10=
3450000
0.5678 X 103 = 567.8
MULTIPLYING BY A -VE POWER
345 X 10 = 345 X
-4
= 0.0345
1
10000
0.5678 X 10 = 0.5678 X
-3
=
1
1000
0.0005678
LAWS OF INDICES
1. MULTIPLICATION LAW
10n x 10m = 10n+m
e.g
10 ÷ 10 = 10
2 -3 2-(-3)
= 10 2+3
= 10 5
RECIPROCAL OR INVERSE
Find the reciprocal of =
4 7
7 4
Examples
1. 300 x 15 x 104 x 2000
3 x 10 x 15 x 10 x 2 x 10
2 4 3
CLASS WORK
Solve the following:
1. 140000 x 11 x 10 x 2000
3
2. 720000 ÷ 3000
3. 8000 x 10-4 x 160000 x 10-5
4. Multiply 10-4 by its reciprocal.
5. 2160000 ÷ 72000000