English National Curriculum, Programme Of Study For Key Stage 3 Mathematics

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Pupils should be taught to interpret and compare numbers in standard form A x 10ⁿ 1≤A<10, where n is a positive or negative integer or zero

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Standard Form Test your understanding of standard form (scientific notation) with this self-marking quiz.

Standard Form Video Learn how to write and calculate with numbers in standard form - sometimes called scientific notation.

Standard Order Arrange the numbers given in standard form with the smallest at the top and the largest at the bottom.

Here are some exam-style questions on this statement:

"(a) Write 0.0000657 in standard form." ... more

"The number 1.25 × 10ⁿ is a cube number." ... more

"At a particular time the distance between Earth and Mercury was \(7.7 \times 10^7\) km." ... more

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Indices Where do many fish live? Indices (in the seas!) This topic involves the use of the index, power or exponent. The concept is easily misunderstood and a surprisingly large number of pupils will evaluate 62 as 12 and not 36. After having mastered positive integer indices pupils should move on to negative indices and fractional indices. Exploring this topic in both numeric and algebraic ways will provide understanding and competence in this important concept.

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Nine Digits

Arrange the given digits one to nine to make three numbers such that two of them add up to the third. This is a great puzzle for practicing standard pen and paper methods of three digit number addition and subtraction.

Factorising

Practise the skills of algebraic factorisation in this structured online self-marking exercise. So far this activity has been accessed 53851 times and 34069 Transum Trophies have been awarded for completing it.

Furthermore

This video on Scientific Notation is from Revision Village and is aimed at students taking the IB Maths Standard level course.

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