Learning Objective: Be able to write numbers in standard form

Activate Knowledge Work out:

a) 2.3 x 100
b) 4.82 x 1000
c) 1.8 ÷ 1000
d) 104
e) 10-3

Baseline Task Write these in standard form:

620 000
0.00091
Write these as ordinary numbers:
4.2 x 106
3.2 x 10-2
 Success Criteria:
SC1: I can convert small and large numbers into standard form

SC2: I can apply my knowledge to write standard form numbers as ordinary

numbers

SC3: I can consolidate my knowledge by ordering a mixture of standard form and

ordinary numbers
 Investigation (for a general introduction to the purpose of standard form)
Research task – what do you notice about the numbers involved?

a) Why would it be impractical to use these numbers in calculations?

b) How might you better represent these numbers?
Definition:
You can use standard form to represent very large or very small numbers.
Standard form makes use of the laws of indices but numbers are only
expressed in one base, base 10.

A number is in standard form if it is written as:

a x 10n where 1  a < 10

Examples:

2.5 x 103 4.62 x 105 13 x 105 is not in standard form

because 13 is larger than 10

1 x 107 8.563 x 1017 0.75 x 104 is not in standard form

because 0.75 is less than 1.
1.4 x 10-8 8.89 x 10-45
SC1: Writing numbers in standard form
Worked examples Your turn
SC1 Progress Check
SC1 Extension
SC2: Converting ordinary numbers to standard form
Worked examples Your turn
SC2: Converting ordinary numbers to standard form
Worked examples Your turn
SC2 Progress Check
SC2 Extension
SC3 Extension