WEEK 2 CHRISTMAS TERM YEAR 8

Whole Numbers in Standard Form

Standard Form (Scientific Notation) for Whole Numbers:
Standard form, also known as scientific notation, is a way of expressing very large
or very small numbers in a concise format. For whole numbers, it involves writing
the number as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10.
Steps to Write a Whole Number in Standard Form:
1.Place the decimal point after the first non-zero digit.
2.Count the number of places the decimal point has moved from its original
position to the new position.
3.Write the number as a product of the new decimal number and 10 raised to the
power of the number of places the decimal point has moved.
Example:
•Write 45,000 in standard form.
• Place the decimal: 4.5 (The decimal point moves 4 places to the left)
• So, 45,000 = 4.5 × 10⁴
Decimal Numbers in Standard Form
Standard Form (Scientific Notation) for Decimal Numbers:
For decimal numbers, standard form also involves expressing the number as a product of a
number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10.
Steps to Write a Decimal Number in Standard Form:
1.Place the decimal point after the first non-zero digit.
2.Count the number of places the decimal point has moved from its original position to the new
position (if the decimal moves to the right, the exponent is negative; if it moves to the left, the
exponent is positive).
3.Write the number as a product of the new decimal number and 10 raised to the power of the
number of places the decimal point has moved.
Example:
•Write 0.0052 in standard form.
• Place the decimal: 5.2 (The decimal point moves 3 places to the right)
• So, 0.0052 = 5.2 × 10⁻³
Prime Factors
Prime Factorization:
Prime factorization is the process of expressing a whole number as a product of
prime numbers.
Steps to Find Prime Factors:
1.Start with the smallest prime number (2) and divide the number if it is divisible.
2.Continue dividing by the same prime number until it no longer divides the number.
3.Move to the next prime number (3, 5, 7, etc.) and repeat the process until the
number is reduced to 1.
4.The prime factors are the prime numbers you used to divide the original number.
Example:
•Find the prime factors of 60.
• 60 ÷ 2 = 30
• 30 ÷ 2 = 15
• 15 ÷ 3 = 5
• 5÷5=1
• So, the prime factors of 60 are 2² × 3 × 5