Wednesday 20th March 2013

Approximation and Rounding

Standard Form
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Used to write very long or very small number

e.g. 0.000023 or 51000000

written as a number between time a power of 10.

( x less 10, x greater or equal to 1)

230 = 2.3 x 10
456100 = 45.6 x 10 to the power of 3
23.6 = 2.36 x 10 to the power of 1
55610 = 5.561 x 10
4231 = 4.231 x 10 to the power of 3
5603.2 = 5.6032 x 10 to the power of 3
1. 0.005 = 5.0 x 10 to the power of -3
2. 0.000042 = 4.2 x 10 to the power of -5
3. 0.01 = 1.0 x 10 to the power of -2
4. 0.000053 = 5.3 x 10 to the power of -5
130
25600.0
0.20
0.043

Exercise 4.5
Write these numbers in standard form.
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2.
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4.
5.
6.

50.7 = 5.07 x 101

5748.8 = 5.7488 x 103
892 = 8.92 x 102
49000 = 4.9 x 104
68.22 = 6.822 x 102
9.1 = 0.91 x 102

7. 12.142 = 1.2142 x 103

8. 8.711 = 0.8711 x 103

Exercise 4.6
1.
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6.
7.
8.

6.1 x 102 = 610

1.8 x 103 =
9.3 x 103
4.2 x 105
7.33 x 101
5.56 x 100
8.01 x 103