Exercises for Question Type 2: Converting negative numbers to standard form

Question 1

Skill question

Convert $- 672000$ to the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 2

Skill question

Convert $- 0.000789$ to the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 3

Skill question

Write $- 250$ in the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ , where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 4

Skill question

Scientific Notation and Significant Figures

Write $- 0.00009456$ in the form $a \times 1 0^{k}$ , where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $k \in Z$ .

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Question 5

Skill question

Express $- 40500$ in the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ , where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 6

Skill question

Convert $- 98765000$ to the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 7

Skill question

Convert $- 0.0000406$ to the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 8

Skill question

Specification

Express $0.2$ in the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ , where $1 \leq a < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 9

Skill question

Express $- 12345$ in the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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Question 10

Skill question

Convert $- 0.0053$ to the form $a \times 1 0^{k}$ , where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $k \in Z$ .

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Question 11

Skill question

Convert $- 0.000000314$ to the form $a \times 1 0^{n}$ , where $1 \leq ∣ a ∣ < 10$ and $n \in Z$ .

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