Standard form Point 4 First Block One Whole Number

About This Lesson

Standard form
Point 4
First Block
One Whole Number

The Whole number

a. SPL : Education
Using SPL, our first focus is the education system. If an institution (school) sets a standard some students must pass, that is some students must keep the standard. This simply means whole number.

b. Rule of Law
All laws, rules, principles governing a society no matter how hard/tough the law (standard) is, some citizens do obey the laws. The citizens who obey the law are the whole numbers. Whole means complete.

c. Mathematical view/ Pake’s atom
Example
Express 1487 in standard form
Soln

When a number is expressed in standard form, the first digit comes before the decimal point thus; it is called the whole number.
i. 1487 ? 1.487 × 10 ^3

Where 1 is the Whole number
ii. 675 ? 6.575 × 10^2
Where 6 is the Whole number

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