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The document explains how to express large and small numbers in standard scientific notation. It provides examples of expressing numbers such as 149,600,000; 0.000038; 5,300,000 in standard notation form. It also shows how to convert between units like kilograms to grams, nanoseconds to seconds, and megawatts to watts using scientific notation and exponent rules.

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Standard Form

The document explains how to express large and small numbers in standard scientific notation. It provides examples of expressing numbers such as 149,600,000; 0.000038; 5,300,000 in standard notation form. It also shows how to convert between units like kilograms to grams, nanoseconds to seconds, and megawatts to watts using scientific notation and exponent rules.

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Standard form

Standard form or Scientific notation:

a× 10 n

where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer


Express the following number in standard form:

149 600 000

1.496 × 10 8
Express the following number in standard form:

0.000 038

3.8 × 10 -5
Express the following number in standard form:

5 300 000

5.3 × 10 6
Express the following number in standard form:

600 000 000

6× 10 8
Express the following number in standard form:

0.000 048

4.8 × 10 -5
Express the following number in standard form:

0.000 000 000 21

2.1 × 10 -10
Express the following as an integer or a decimal

1.325 × 10 6

1 325 000
Express the following as an integer or a decimal

4.4 × 10 -3

0.0044
Express 7000 kilograms in grams
1 kg = 103 grams
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7000 kg = 7000 × 10 grams
= 7x 103 × 103 grams

= 7x 10 6 grams
Express 0.5 nanoseconds in seconds

1 nanosecond = 10-9 seconds

0.5 nanosecond = 0.5 × 10 -9 seconds

= 5 x 10-1 × 10-9 seconds

= 5x 10 -10 seconds
Express 250 megawatts in watts

1 megawatt = 106 watts

250 megawatts = 250 × 10 6 watts

= 2.5 x 102 × 106 watts

= 2.5 x 10 8 watts
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