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Grade 8 Standard Form Lesson 10

The document provides a lesson plan for an 8th grade mathematics class on number theory and approximation using standard form. The objectives are for students to correctly identify, convert to, and convert from numbers written in standard form. It defines standard form as writing very large or small numbers in terms of powers of 10, with an example of 5.2 x 103 read as "five point two times ten to the power of three." Steps are provided to convert between ordinary and standard form by moving the decimal point based on the exponent value. An example converts 0.00012 to 1.2 x 10-4.

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Grade 8 Standard Form Lesson 10

The document provides a lesson plan for an 8th grade mathematics class on number theory and approximation using standard form. The objectives are for students to correctly identify, convert to, and convert from numbers written in standard form. It defines standard form as writing very large or small numbers in terms of powers of 10, with an example of 5.2 x 103 read as "five point two times ten to the power of three." Steps are provided to convert between ordinary and standard form by moving the decimal point based on the exponent value. An example converts 0.00012 to 1.2 x 10-4.

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Lesson Plan

Date: November 2 – 6, 2020 (Lesson 10)


Subject: Mathematics
Grade: 8
Topic: Number Theory - Approximation and Estimation
Sub – Topic: Standard Form

Specific Objectives
Students should be able to:
1. Correctly identify numbers written in standard form
2. Convert from ordinary form to standard form
3. Convert from standard form to ordinary form without a calculator

1. The temperature of the Sun is about 15 400 000 K.


15 400 000 Try reading that number.

2. The speed of light is 299 792 458 ms-1


299 792 458 Can you read that number?

3. The energy output of the Sun is 385 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 watts

385 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Do you really want to read that number?

Is this a convenient way to write numbers such as these in full?


Luckily, there exists a more convenient way to write and say such numbers.
How? Using Standard Form

1
What is Standard Form?
Standard Form is also known as standard index form or scientific notation. It is a way of writing
very large or very small numbers in terms of powers of 10. In scientific notation we write a
number in this format:

A x 10b
In this notation:
● A is a number that is known as the coefficient. The coefficient must be greater than or
equal to 1 but less than 10.
● 'x' is the multiplication sign pronounced as 'times.'
● 10 is the base, and it must always be 10 in scientific notation.
● b is a number that is the exponent, also known as the power of 10.

For instance in this equation: 5.2 x 103


5.2 is the coefficient, 10 is the base, and 3 is the exponent.
We read this number correctly as ''five point two times ten to the power of three.''

Small numbers can also be written in standard form. However, instead of the index being
positive (in the above example, the index was 3), it will be negative.

2
Steps to Convert Numbers Written in Ordinary Form to Standard Form
1. If the number in question does not show a decimal point already, put the decimal point at
the very end of the number.
2. Move the number's decimal point so that it's located right after the first non-zero digit in
the number
3. Count the number of places from this new decimal point to where the decimal point used
to be. If you moved the decimal point to the left, the exponent is positive, if you moved it
to the right, the exponent is negative (OR if the digits are after the new decimal point the
exponent is positive, if the digits are in front of the new decimal point then the exponent
is negative).
4. Drop any zeroes that are located before the first non-zero digit and after the last non-zero
digit to be left with your coefficient.

In summary:

Example
Write 0.00012 in standard form:
0.00012 = 1.2 × 10-4
It’s 10-4 because the decimal point has been moved 4 places to the right to get the number to be
1.2

3
Steps to Convert Numbers Written in Standard Form to Ordinary Form
1. Move the decimal the same number of places as the exponent.
2. If the exponent is positive then move right (big number), if the exponent is negative then
move left (small number)

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