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Dr Frost

Standard Form
Objectives: Appreciate the need to put big and small numbers in a
more readable form, how to write numbers in standard form, and
calculations involving numbers in standard form.
Scale of the Universe

www.scaleofuniverse.com
Standard Form

A number between 1 and 10 Any whole number


(excluding 10) (can be negative)

𝑎 × 10 𝑏
(No need to copy this)
Standard Form is useful for two reasons:
1. It allows us to write really small or really big numbers concisely...
2. It allows us to compare small and big numbers.
Which is bigger?!  Which is bigger? 
234000000000000 23400000000000 2.34 x 1014 2.34 x 1013
On a calculator?

( 4.86 × 10 ) ÷ ( 2.88 × 10 )
21 9
Converting from Standard Form
We just consider how many times we’re multiplying or dividing by 10.

3 x 104 1.24 x 105


= 30000
? = 124000
?

Hint: Remember
what happens
6 x 10-3 when we have a
negative index.
1.01 x 10-1
= 0.006
? = 0.101
?
Converting from Standard Form
We just consider how many times we’re multiplying or dividing by 10.

3.012 x 107 7.5 x 101


= 30,120,000
? = 75?

8.31 x 100 2.4 x 10-6


= 8.31
? = 0.0000024
?
Converting to Standard Form
How many times do we need to move the decimal point until we’re in the
range 1 to 10? (excluding 10)

20000 0.0043
= 2 x 10
? 4
= 4.3 x ?10-3

931,000,000 0.000001001
= 9.31 x? 108 = 1.001?x 10-6
Exercises
Express in standard form. Express as a normal number.

300 ? 3 x 102 ?
5,100 ? 4.71 x 103 ?
72,040.4 ? 2.401 x 105 ?
119,988.7
? 7.42 x 106 ?
6,320,110
? 1.1111 x 103 ?
8,108,136
? 1.5 x 10-1 ?
77,012 ? 3.01 x 10-4 ?
1.72
? 9.89 x 10-6 ?
34.7
? 3.456 x 10-7 ?
0.001
? 1.234 x 10-1 ?
0.00034
0.9
?
0.801
?
0.01087
?
0.00009
?
0.00008632 ?
0.11 ?
?
Testing your knowledge (vote with your diary)

200,000,000 20 x
107 2 x 108 2 x
107

32,000 3.2x 104 32 


x 103 3.2
x 105

9 9 x 
10-1 9 x 100 9 x
101

0.0001 1 x 
10-3 1 x 10-4 1 x
10-5

0.012 1.2
x 10-4 12 
x 10-3 1.2 
x 10-2
Multiplying numbers in standard form

(2 x 10 ) x (4 x 10 )
3 4

7?
= 8 x 10
?

(7 x 105) x (6 x 106)
= 42 x 1011?
?
= 4.2 x 10 12
Multiplying numbers in standard form

(9 x 10-2) x (9 x 10-3)
= 81 x 10?-5
= 8.1 x 10?1 x 10-5
= 8.1 x 10?-4
Dividing numbers in standard form

5
4 × 10
−2 = 0.5 x 10? 7
8 × 10
= 5 x 10-1?x 107
= 5 x 106 ?
Dividing numbers in standard form

− 10
3 × 10 −4
8 × 10
−6 ¿ 0.375 × 10
?
−5
¿ 3.75 ×? 10
Questions

Edexcel GCSE Mathematics Textbook


Page 429 - Exercise 26B
Q4, 5

Page 432 – Exercise 26C


Q4, 5
Adding and Subtracting

1000+ 2000= 3000


?

( 1 × 10 ) + ( 2× 10
3 3
) =3 × 10
? 3

( 4× 10 ) + ( 2×10 )
?
3 ?
4
Examples
( 1.1 × 10 ) + ( 2× 10 )=1.3 ×
5
? 10
4 5

( 1.1 × 10 ) − ( 2 × 10
5 4
) =9 × 10
? 4

( 5 × 10 ) + ( 2 × 10
7 5
) =5.02 × 10
? 7

( 6.2 × 10 −2
) + ( 3 × 10 −3
) =6.5 × 10
? −2

( 9× 10 ) + ( 2 × 10
10 12
) =2.09 × 10
? 12

( 3.2 ×10 −4
) − ( 5 × 10 −5
) =2.7 × 10
? −4

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