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Prerequisites
- A knowledge of the four operations from lessons N2a, N2b, N2c, N2d and N2e is assumed.
- N9a – Converting between normal numbers and standard form
- N9b – Multiplying and dividing in standard form
Skill isolation: Writing a number given in standard form with a different power of 10
Sometimes it is useful to take a number given in standard form and rewrite it so that it has a different power of 10, even though this will mean the number is no longer in standard form. Use this applet to practise this skill.
Adding and subtracting in standard form
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Teacher resources
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What next?
Although there are no questions involving standard form in lesson N15a – Rounding numbers and measures to an appropriate degree of accuracy, once you have learned about rounding numbers to a given amount of significant figures, you should become comfortable with rounding numbers in standard form to a given number of significant figures. For example:
\(7.286 \times 10^5\text{ rounds to }7.3 \times 10^5 \text{ to 2 significant figures}\)