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ES1 Standard-Form Large-Numbers

The document provides exercises on converting large numbers into standard form and vice versa. It includes examples, questions about distances, weights, and calculations involving standard form. The document aims to enhance understanding of expressing large numbers in a concise mathematical format.

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ES1 Standard-Form Large-Numbers

The document provides exercises on converting large numbers into standard form and vice versa. It includes examples, questions about distances, weights, and calculations involving standard form. The document aims to enhance understanding of expressing large numbers in a concise mathematical format.

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Standard Form – Large Numbers (Level 2)

Example
Write these numbers in standard form.
a. 400,000 b. 8,310,000,000 c. 260 × 102

a. = 4 × 10/ b. = 8.31 × 100 c. 260 = 2.6 × 105


260 × 102 = (2.6 × 105 ) × 102
= 2.6 × 10/

1. Write these numbers in standard form.

a. 60,000 b. 900 c. 700,000


d. 3100 e. 520,000 f. 89,000,000
g. 75 h. 612,000 i. 49,600,000

2. The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,000,000 meters. Write this in standard form.

3. A blue whale weighs 1.81 × 10/ kg. Write its weight as an ordinary number.

4. The Earth is approximately 4.543 × 100 years old. Write this as an ordinary number.

5. The speed of light is 2.99 × 101 . If this number is written out in full how many zeros follow the nine?

6. Write these numbers in standard form.

a. 28 thousand b. 46 million c. 181 × 102


d. 201 × 1033 e. 630 × 10/ f. 325000 × 104

7. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year and is equal to 9460 × 1035 meters. Write this in
standard form

8. In 2017 the world’s richest man (Bill Gates) had a net worth of $87.4 billion. Write this in standard
form.

9. Order the following in ascending order (smallest to largest)

41 × 101 410,000,000 40100 × 10/

10. Convert the standard form numbers into ordinary numbers, then complete the calculation. Give your
answer in standard form.

a. 4 × 105 + 500 b. 1.3 × 102 + 800 c. 7000 + 5 × 102


d. 8 × 10/ − 600,000 e. 5.2 × 104 − 3000 f. 4.18 × 104 − 1.8 × 102

11. The distance between London and Tokyo is 9.6 × 109 metres. What is this distance in kilometres?
Leave your answer in standard form.

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