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PHYSICS

MULTIPLE AND SUB MULTIPLES


AND STANDARD FORM
Mr. McLeod
Physics Teacher
October 2020
STANDARD FORM
 
Standard Form is a way of writing down very large values or very small values in a power

form( base on the powers of 10, for example, ).

The decimal point must be placed between the first and second nonzero digits (2 decimal

point).

First and second nonzero digit


First and second nonzero digit

0.000512379 73489456
THE STANDARD FORM FOR
VERY LARGE VALUES Last digit
STEP 1
decimal point
PUT A DECIMAL POINT AT THE END OF THE LAST DIGIT .
215809.
STEP 2
MOVE THE DECIMAL POINT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DIGIT.

2 1 5 8 0 9.
STEP 3
COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE MOVED THE DECIMAL POINT- (5 TIMES)
THE STANDARD FORM FOR
VERY LARGE
STEP 4
VALUES(CONT’D) 5 number of
moves
10
 
RAISE THE NUMBER OF MOVES TO THE POWER OF TEN.
STEP 5
MULTIPLY THE RESULT OBTAINED IN STEP 2 BY THE RESULT OBTAINED IN STEP 3.

2.1 5 8 0 9 ×
STEP 6
ROUND OFF THE DECIMAL NUMBER TO THE NEAREST HUNDRETH.

2.1 6 ×
EXERCISE
Rewrite the following in standard form:

1. 4829618000000
2. 362500
3. 2350
4. 12990561
THE STANDARD FORM FOR
VERY SMALL VALUES
STEP 1
IDENTIFY THE FIRST AND SECOND NON ZERO DIGITS.
STEP 2
MOVE THE DECIMAL POINT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND
NONZERO DIGIT.

0.0 0 0 5. 1 2 3 7 9
STEP 3
COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE MOVED THE DECIMAL POINT- (4 TIMES)
THE STANDARD FORM FOR
VERY SMALL
STEP 4 VALUES(CONT’D) − 4 number of
moves
10
 
RAISE THE NUMBER OF MOVES TO THE POWER OF TEN AND
THEN INSERT A MINUS SIGN INFRONT OF THAT NUMBER.
STEP 5
MULTIPLY THE RESULT OBTAINED IN STEP 2 BY THE RESULT OBTAINED IN STEP 4.

5.12379 ×
STEP 6
ROUND OFF THE DECIMAL NUMBER TO THE NEAREST HUNDRETH.

5.1 2 ×
EXERCISE
Rewrite the following in standard form:

1. 0.00037890
2. 0.09815
3. 0.0000078910
SPECIAL CASE
The decimal point is always between the first and second nonzero digit, but there is an
exception. When a zero is between two digits, we refer to that zero as a leading zero.
Interestingly, the decimal point can lie between the first digit and the leading zero . Examples
are given below .

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