Presents. Very large numbers! BOOM! How far? 92 000 000 miles

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Presents

Very large numbers!

BOOM!

How far?92 000 000 miles

How many seconds in 70 years?

70 years = 2 200 000 000 seconds!

Very large numbers!

Happy 70th Birthday!

SPLAT!

Dinosaurs roamed the earth 228 million years

ago

Very large numbers!

Short hand!

100 = 10 x 10

1 000 = 10 x 10 x 10

100 000 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10

10 000 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10

1 000 000 = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10

10

210310

410510

110

610

Standard Form

200 = 2 x 100

4 000 = 4 x 1000

500 000 = 5 x 100 000

70 000 = 7 x 10 000

3 000 000 = 3 x 1 000 000

21023104

41075105

6103

This is also known as

Scientific Notation.

Exercise 1

(1)2 000

(2) 20 000

(3) 500

(4) 800 000

(5) 9 000 000

= 5 x 100 2105

= 8 x 100 000 5108

= 2 x 10 000 4102

= 9 x 1 000 000 6109

= 2 x 1000 3102

Add the decimal point

A short cut

8 000 000 6108..

Between 1 and 10

The point moved 6 places

Move the point to get a number between 1 and 10

A short cut

92 000 000 71029 ...

Add the decimal point

Between 1 and 10

The point moved 7 places

Move the point to get a number between 1 and 10

miles1029 7.

A short cut

2 200 000 000 91022 ...

Add the decimal point

Between 1 and 10

The point moved 9 places

Move the point to get a number between 1 and 10

Happy Birthday: Seconds old! 91022 .

SPLAT!

A short cut

228 000 000 8102.28..

Add the decimal point

Between 1 and 10

The point moved 8 places

Move the point to get a number between 1 and 10

ago! years10282 8.

Exercise 2(1) 30 000(2) 700 000(3) 5 300(4) 470 000(5) 9 500 000(6) 18 300 000(7) 329 000(8) 2 560 000(9) 12 000 000 000(10) 9 990 000

31035 .51074 .

5107

61059 .

4103

710831 .510293 .

610562 .101021 .

610999 .

Changing back

=86 000 000 7108.6

Zeros after the point aren’t needed.

The point moves 7 places

8.60000000.Hint:

Add 7 zeros, although you probably won’t need

them all.

=346 000 5103.46

Zeros after the point aren’t needed.

The point moves 5 places

3.4600000.Hint:

Add 5 zeros, although you probably won’t need

them all.

Changing back

Exercise 3(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)

51056 .81021 .

3108

610713 .

5106

41033 .610917 .710555 .410051 .

9100333 .

= 600 000= 8 000= 650 000= 120 000 000= 3 710 000= 33 000= 7 910 000= 55 500 000= 10 500= 3 033 000 000

What’s this called?

What’s this called?

and this one?

What’s this called?

Name that number!

10 000 000 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 000 000 000

100101

1 0001 000 000

1 000 000 000

31016101

9101

one thousand

one million

one billion

one googal !!!

Very small numbers!

How wide is an atom?

0.000 000 000 1 metres wide!

Standard Form for small numbers

0.000 000 000 1 10101 .

The point moved 10 places. Negative sign for small numbers.

Move the point to get a number between 1 and 10

wide metres101 10

Standard Form for small numbers

0.000 000 76 71067 ..

The point moved 7 places. Negative sign for small numbers.

Move the point to get a number between 1 and 10

Standard Form for small numbers

0.000 001 93 610931 ..

The point moved 6 places. Negative sign for small numbers.

Move the point to get a number between 1 and 10

Exercise 4(1) 0. 000 3(2) 0.000 07(3) 0.000 45(4) 0.003 4(5) 0. 000 724(6) 0.000 000 494(7) 0.000 095(8) 0.000 000 098(9) 0.000 1 03(10) 0.000 000 000 66

41054 .31043 .

5107

410247 .

4103

710944 .51059 .

81089 .410031 .

101066 .

Changing back small numbers

= 0.002

-3102 2000.

Hint:Add 3 zeros to the left of

the number.

-3 so remember to move point left for small numbers.

.

Changing back small numbers

= 0.000 086

-5108.6 8.600000.

Hint:Add 5 zeros to the left of

the number.

-3 so remember to move point left for small numbers.

Changing back small numbers

= 0.000 00516

-6105.16 5.16000000.

Hint:Add 6 zeros to the left of

the number.

-3 so remember to move point left for small numbers.

Exercise 5(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)

31085 .71026 .

5109

610456 .

4105

71035 .610179 .310122 .510032 .

9100326 .

= 0.000 5= 0.000 09= 0.005 8= 0.000 000 62= 0.000 006 45= 0.000 000 53= 0.000 009 17= 0.002 12= 0.000 020 3= 0.000 000 006 032

K Hughes 2003

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