Investigating Scientific Notation
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An investigation of some real objects using Wolfram Alpha. The worksheets formed the basis of the investigation looking at the mass of a grain of rice, the diameter of the earth, the speed of light and the distance to Proxima Centauri (the star closest to earth).
28 February 2012 Edit: 30 October 2017
- Topics:
- Number, Scientific Notation
- Content Type:
- Printable
- The Australian Curriculum
- Number and Algebra, Real numbers, ACMNA210 Year 9 Express numbers in scientific notation
- The Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 New
- Year 9, Measurement Year 9, AC9M9M02 solve problems involving very small and very large measurements, time scales and intervals
- NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
- Number and Algebra, MA5.1-5NA Indices, Measurement and Geometry, MA5.1-9MG Numbers of Any Magnitude
- NSW Curriculum New
- Number and algebra, Indices, MA5-IND-C-01 Indices A, Measurement and space, MA5-MAG-C-01 Numbers of any magnitude
- NSW Mathematics Standard Stage 6 Syllabus
- Measurement, MS-M1 Applications of Measurement, MS-M1.1 Practicalities of measurement
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