Standard form

Standard form is used to write very large or very small numbers in a compact and manageable way. It uses powers of 10 and appears in scientific, mathematical and real-world calculations involving extreme values.

Explore our standard form worksheets, guides and interactive resources to practise converting numbers, comparing values and carrying out calculations in standard form at GCSE.

• Converting larger numbers from standard form
• Converting smaller numbers from standard form
• Converting large numbers into standard form
• Converting small numbers into standard form
• Multiplying in standard form
• Dividing in standard form
• Adding in standard form
• Subtracting in standard form