What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can write place value headings like 100 and 1000 as powers of 10
- I can use the prefixes kilo (10³), mega (10⁶) and giga (10⁹)
- I can multiply and divide by any power of 10
Practise this topic
2 resources🔗 Matching
Prefixes and Powers of 10: Matching
Match each prefix (kilo, mega, milli, micro, …) to its symbol, its power of 10 and the number it stands for. Easy: the eight most common, with powers and numbers. Normal: twelve, with symbols too. Hard: all 24 SI prefixes, quecto…
🧩 ConnectionsStandard Form
One number in standard form, as an ordinary number, in not-quite-standard form, or as a product or quotient. From Standard the groups share their digits; Hard adds roots.
These are the pages for Powers of 10 in the Year 7 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel Maths Progress Delta 1. Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.