SL 5.1 Operations with numbers in the form a × 10k where 1 ≤ a < 10 and k is an integer.
Content
Operations with numbers in the form a × 10k where 1 ≤ a < 10 and k is an integer.
Understandings:
- Notation for sets of Numbers
- Real Numbers
- Terminating Decimals
- Repeating Decimals
- Vocabulary Associated with the Real Number System
- The Scientific Form \(a \times 10^k\)
- Multiplication
- Division
- Addition/Subtraction
Guidance, clarification and syllabus links
- Calculator or computer notation is not acceptable.
- For example, 5.2E30 is not acceptable and should be written as \(5.2 \times 10^{30}\)