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Understand and use standard form expressed as A × 10^n, where n is any integer and A is a number between 1 and 10. Be able to convert numbers to and from standard form, and perform calculations involving numbers in standard form. Note that core candidates will only perform calculations in standard form on Paper 3.

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  • Understand and use standard form expressed as A × 10^n, where n is any integer and A is a number between 1 and 10. Be able to convert numbers to and from standard form, and perform calculations involving numbers in standard form. Note that core candidates will only perform calculations in standard form on Paper 3.

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