Standard Form
What Standard Form means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Eduqas.
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Reference: AQA
A way of writing numbers as $A \times 10^n$, where $1 \leq A < 10$ and $n$ is an integer.
A way of writing numbers as A × 10^n, where 1 ≤ A < 10 and n is an integer.
A positive number written as A × 10^n with 1 ≤ A < 10 and integer n.
Topics that use Standard Form
- Structure and calculation (AQA GCSE)
- Number (Eduqas GCSE)
Related terms
- Integer
- Irrational number
- Prime Number
- Rational Number
- Significant Figure
- Calculating with powers of 10
- Checking answers by substitution
- Checking for repeats and omissions
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