Standard form (8300 - Higher - Number)

Topic:

Standard form

Specification references (in recommended teaching order)

	Specification content	Specification notes
N2	Understand and use place value (e.g. when working with very large or very small numbers)	including questions set in context
N9	Calculate with and interpret standard form where and `n` is an integer	with and without a calculator interpret calculator displays

The subject content (above) matches that set out in the Department for Education’s Mathematics GCSE subject content and assessment objectives document.

The expectation is that:

All students will develop confidence and competence with the content identified by standard type
All students will be assessed on the content identified by the standard and the underlined type; more highly attaining students will develop confidence and competence with all of this content
Only the more highly attaining students will be assessed on the content identified by bold type. The highest attaining students will develop confidence and competence with the bold content.

Teaching resources

Teaching resources - see below

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Downloadable resource in format. 29/08/2014

Diagnostic Questions - Standard form

AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic question assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.01/03/2016

GCSE Bitesize: Powers and Roots

The first two pages look at what is meant by Standard Form and how to carry out the four operations on numbers given in standard form.23/07/2015

CIMT Standard Form

A comprehensive online exercise looking at how to write large and small numbers in standard form, the use of a calculator for standard form and the four operations. The harder questions are more suitable for Higher tier students.23/07/2015

GCSE Standard Form Solar System Activity

This activity requires students to use multiplication and division of numbers in standard form, including converting from ordinary numbers, to find the mass and distance from the sun of each of the planets in our solar system. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 23/07/2015

Mr Barton Maths - Standard Form

A variety of activities involving standard form, including the use of standard form in formulae.23/07/2015

National STEM Centre - Indices and Standard Form Activities

The Activities PDF offers three activities (numbers 2, 3 and 4) which involve contextual or investigational work relating to standard form. There are also extra exercises for practice. You will need to register for an account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 23/07/2015

Nuffield Foundation - Large and Small

This activity introduces students to standard form and how it can be used in real life contexts.23/07/2015

Transum Standard Form

A series of nine increasingly demanding online exercises involving converting between normal and standard forms and using the four operations on standard form.23/07/2015

Mr Barton Maths - Standard Form

A variety of activities involving standard form, including the use of standard form in formulae.23/07/2015

National STEM Centre - Indices and Standard Form Activities

Nuffield Foundation - Large and Small

This activity introduces students to standard form and how it can be used in real life contexts.23/07/2015

Teachit Maths - Units and large numbers

A worksheet of problem solving tasks involving standard form and correct use of a range of metric units.23/07/2015

Metric Numbers

A website which summarises the prefixes in the metric system which indicate large or small numbers.23/07/2015

Indices and standard form - Complex calcs - Powerpoint

Downloadable resource in ppt format. 29/04/2010

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