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Standard Form Question Sheet

Very large and very small numbers can be written in standard form, where they are expressed as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. Standard form makes it easier to perform calculations with numbers outside the typical range. A number is converted into standard form by writing out the digits before the decimal place, multiplying it by 10 to the power of the number of decimal places, and using exponents to indicate powers of 10.

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Standard Form Question Sheet

Very large and very small numbers can be written in standard form, where they are expressed as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. Standard form makes it easier to perform calculations with numbers outside the typical range. A number is converted into standard form by writing out the digits before the decimal place, multiplying it by 10 to the power of the number of decimal places, and using exponents to indicate powers of 10.

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Very Big and Very Small Numbers

Mathematicians, scientists and engineers (and your calculator) prefer to write and work
with very large and very small numbers in standard form.

A number is in standard form when it is written like this:


This part is written as a
This part is made up of 6.7 x 106 power of 10, and the
a number from 1 up to
power is a whole
(but not including) 10.
number.

You could think of 1000 as being 1 x 10 x 10 x 10 and write it as 1 x 10 3 .

You could think of 10 000 as being 1 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 and write it as 1 x 10 4.

Complete the table below, the first three rows have been completed for you.

Number Number in standard form


The power of
1 000 000 1 x 106 ten is the place
100 000 1 x 105 value of the
10 000 1 x 104 first significant
figure.
1 000
100
10
1 As the number
is less than
0.1 one the power
0.01 of ten is
0.001

200 could be written as 2 x 102.


Number Number in standard form
200
300 could be written as 3 x 102. 230
300
250 could be written as 2.5 x 102. 399
Complete the table on the left, the
400
first three rows have been 415
completed for you. 500
550
9870
Complete the table below; the first three rows have been completed for you.

Number Number in standard form


1 000 000 000 1 x 109
12 000 000 1.2 x 107 (not 12 x 106)
15 000 1.5 x 104 (not 15 x 103)
99 000
12 000 000 000 000
10 000 000 000 000 000
99 000 000 000 000 000
155 000 000
1 380 000 000
22 000 000

Write as ordinary numbers:

Number in standard form Ordinary number


2.34 x 103
6.25 x 104
9.03 x 105
8 x 106
3.56 x 107
1.6 x 106
4.4 x 1010
8.01 x 103
1.11 x 102
9.9 x 108

Write in standard form:

Number Number in standard form


0.008 8 x 10-3
0.07 7 x 10-2
0.55 5.5 x 10-1
0.000052
0.048
0.0086
0.00086
0.000086
0.0000000001
0.000455

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Write as ordinary numbers:

Number in standard form Ordinary number


8 x 10-3
6.2 x 10-4
9.3 x 10-3
8.82 x 10-4
3.56 x 10-5
1.6 x 10-7
4.4 x 10-4
8.01 x 10-3
1.11 x 10-8
9.9 x 10-2

The number 1 x 10100 is called a googol.


Write the number 50 googols in
standard form.

Dinosaurs roamed the Earth about 140 000 000


years ago. Write this in standard form.

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