CBSE Class 8_Exponents and powers+part1
- 3. • In general terms, an expression that represents repeated multiplication of the same factor is called a power • The number 5 is called the base and the number 2 is called the exponent (more oft en called as power). • Th e exponent corresponds to the number of times the base is used as a factor.
- 4. Powers with zero and negative exponents
- 8. Standard Form and Scientific Notation form of a number Standard Form of a number is just the number as we normally write it. We use expanded notation to show the value of each digit. That is, it is exhibited as a sum of each digit duly multiplied by its matching place value (like ones, tens, hundreds etc.,). For example, 195 is in standard form. It can be expanded as 195 = 1 × 100 + 9 × 10 + 5 × 1. Astronomers, biologists, engineers, physicists and many others come across quantities whose measures require very small or very large numbers. If they write the numbers in standard form, it may not help us to understand or make computations easily Scientific notation is a way to make these numbers easier to work with. Scientific notation follow the form S × 10^a. where S is a number (integer or integer with decimal) between 1 and 10, but not 10 itself, and a is a positive or negative integer. Thus, a number in scientific notation is written as the product of a number (integer or integer with decimal) and a power of 10. We move the decimal place forward or backward until we have a number from 1 to 9. Then, we add a power of ten that tells how many places you moved the decimal forward or backward.
- 19. On both the sides powers have the same base different from 1 and – 1, so their exponents must be equal