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Standard Form: Standard Form Is A System of Writing Numbers Which Can Be Particularly Useful For Working With Very

Standard form is a system for writing very large or small numbers as a real number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. This allows scientists to easily work with numbers like the speed of light or distances between galaxies that are enormous, as well as sizes of atoms that are tiny. To write a number in standard form, the decimal is moved to ensure the first number is between 1 and 10, and the power of 10 indicates how far the decimal was moved.

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Standard Form: Standard Form Is A System of Writing Numbers Which Can Be Particularly Useful For Working With Very

Standard form is a system for writing very large or small numbers as a real number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. This allows scientists to easily work with numbers like the speed of light or distances between galaxies that are enormous, as well as sizes of atoms that are tiny. To write a number in standard form, the decimal is moved to ensure the first number is between 1 and 10, and the power of 10 indicates how far the decimal was moved.

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Standard Form

Standard form is a system of writing numbers which can be particularly useful for working with very
large or very small numbers. It is based on using powers of 10 to express how big or small a number is.

Standard form is written in the form of  a ×10 n, where a  is any real number greater than or equal to 1 and
less than 10.

n  can be any positive or negative integer.

For example  3.1 ×1012

Scientists use standard form when working with the speed of light and distances between galaxies, which
can be enormous. The size of bacteria or atoms may also be referred to in standard form as they are so
tiny. Standard form is also sometimes referred to as scientific notation.

 The rules when writing a number in standard form is that first you write down a number between 1 and
10, then you write ×10 n.

Example

Write 81 900 000 000 000 in standard form: 81 900 000 000 000 = 8.19 × 1013

It is 1013 because the decimal point has been moved 13 places to the left to get the number to be 8.19

Example

Write 0.000 001 2 in standard form:

0.000 001 2 = 1.2 × 10-6

It is 10-6 because the decimal point has been moved 6 places to the right to get the number to be 1.2

34 × 107 is not written in standard form as the first number is not between 1 and 10. To correct this, we
need to divide 34 by 10. To balance out the division of 10, we also need to multiply the second part by 10,
which gives 108.

34 × 107 and 3 . 4 × 108 are equal in value, but only the second is written in standard form.

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