Common Core · Grade 8
8.EE.A.3
Grade 8 — Use numbers expressed as a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities and compare their sizes.
The skill that covers it
What a student should be able to do
- Convert between standard form and scientific notation, including numbers less than 1.
- Compare two numbers in scientific notation and say how many times larger one is.
- Multiply and divide numbers in scientific notation and renormalise the result.
- Estimate very large or very small quantities as a single digit times a power of ten.