Friday, May 18, 2007

Standard Form

Standard Form is used for writting either very big or very small numbers.


In a calculator or in any other place you can recognise Standard Form by how it is written:


e.g.



















Standard Form is always a number (x) times 10 to any power (y).

x * 10y

The power can be either negative or positive, if it is a positive number, the decimal point moves to the right, it is a negative power, the decimal point moves to the left.