standard form notation
What standard form notation means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of standard form notation
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Reference: OCR
Writes a value as a number between one and ten multiplied by a power of ten, used to print very small probabilities without a queue of zeros.
A coefficient between one and ten multiplied by a power of ten, where the power counts the places the decimal point moves.
Topics that use standard form notation
- Arithmetic and numerical computation (AQA A-Level)
- D.0 – arithmetic and numerical computation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- decimal conversion
- anomalous scores
- behavioural categories and tallies
- Estimating results
- estimation as a check on calculation
- fractions and ratios
- percentage calculation
- percentage change
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