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The document provides examples of operations with positive and negative powers of ten, including multiplying and dividing numbers by powers of ten, as well as the laws of indices for multiplication and division of powers. It also gives examples of problems involving multiplying and dividing numbers with positive and negative powers of ten.

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The document provides examples of operations with positive and negative powers of ten, including multiplying and dividing numbers by powers of ten, as well as the laws of indices for multiplication and division of powers. It also gives examples of problems involving multiplying and dividing numbers with positive and negative powers of ten.

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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

102 x 10-3 = 102+(-3) = 102-3 = 10-1 =


1
10 = 0.1
2. DIVISION LAW
10n ÷ 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

3 x 15 x 2 x 102 x 104 x 103


90 x 102 x 104 x 103
9 x 101 x 102 x 104 x 103
9 x 101+2+3+4
9 x 1010
2. 4800000 ÷ 1200
48 x 105 ÷ 12 x 102

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

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