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RANGE
AND TYPE OF NUMBERS
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Work with:
- negative numbers (eg. temperature);
- all widely used fractions and equivalence among
these and decimals (in applications);
- decimals to 3 places (practical applications in
measurement).
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Work with:
- integers;
- rational numbers and equivalence
among these and decimals;
- decimals to a required number of
places;
- an extended range of powers,
eg. cubes and square roots;
- scientific notation for large and small
numbers (convert numbers into
scientific notation and vice
versa/ recognise calculator displays);
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240 000 = 2.4 x
105; 3 x 10-2 = 0.03
represents 8 x
10-4 |
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- factors including prime factors;
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30 = 2 x 3 x 5 as a product of prime
factors
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- an extended number vocabulary
including integer, rational number,
recurring decimal, index, factor, sum,
difference, product and quotient.
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