singaporeolevelmathsindices | singaporeolevelmaths http://www.singaporeolevelmaths.com Simple Tips for Better Maths Results! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:02:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Tips on Operations of Standard Forms http://www.singaporeolevelmaths.com/2008/02/20/tips-on-operations-of-standard-forms/ http://www.singaporeolevelmaths.com/2008/02/20/tips-on-operations-of-standard-forms/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:23:22 +0000 Ai Ling http://singaporeolevelmaths.com/2008/02/20/e-math-note-tips-on-operations-of-standard-forms/ Operations of Standard Forms refer to + -×÷

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Golden Rule #1: Change everything to the bigger powerGolden Rule #2: Factorise

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Golden Rule #1: Group numbers together, Group bases together
Golden Rule #2: Apply Power Laws

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]]> http://www.singaporeolevelmaths.com/2008/02/20/tips-on-operations-of-standard-forms/feed/ 2 Converting Square Root to Fractional Indice http://www.singaporeolevelmaths.com/2008/02/18/converting-square-root-to-fractional-indice/ http://www.singaporeolevelmaths.com/2008/02/18/converting-square-root-to-fractional-indice/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:41:36 +0000 Ai Ling http://singaporeolevelmaths.com/2008/02/18/converting-square-root-to-fractional-indice/ I was going through Indices with some of the students recently when I notice this common misconception.
\sqrt{a} is read as Square Root which means the “default” number outside the square root sign is 2 NOT 1 which a couple of students have thought about.

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