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SL 1.1 Using Standard Form
SL 1.1 Using Standard Form
Other contexts: Very large and very small numbers, for example astronomical distances, sub-atomic particles
in physics, global financial figures
Links to other subjects: Chemistry (Avogadro’s number); physics (order of magnitude); biology (microscopic
measurements); sciences group subjects (uncertainty and precision of measurement)
Match the real-life measurements to decimal and standard index form
Size of a galaxy 800 000 000 000 000 000 000 m 8 × 1020 m
1) Is each number below written in standard form? (YES or NO)
7 x 10-51 3.881 x 1037 6.923 73.383 x 1090
c. Write your answer to part b.ii. in the form 𝑎 × 10& , where 1 ≤ 𝑎 < 10, 𝑘 ∈ ℤ. [2]
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