| Activity Outcome | Investigating large numbers in computing and writing large numbers in shortened form. Indices |
| MTS Set | MTS7
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| NATIONAL Curriculum | The Number System |
| Topics | Understand Whole Numbers
Powers
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| Keywords | Powers, Large Numbers, Integers, Indices |
| Grouping | Small groups |
| Resources | Dictionary and/or library materials on computing Internet Link as below |
| Lesson Notes | - Students should provide both a written and numerical answer to each question in Task 1.
- Encourage students to look for patterns in Task 2.
- Discuss patterns in the numbers.
- Discuss other places where very large numbers might be used, e.g. space distances, numbers of stars, numbers of very small particles such as cells, atoms, photons of light, speed of light...
- Go to Activity 010 as a follow-up to Activity 009.
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| Reflections | Students select best names from across the class for the last 2 numbers in the pattern.
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| Internet Links | |
| Answers | Byte: A unit of data that can be stored electronically Kilobyte Just over 1 000 bytes of data (1 024 bytes)
Megabyte Just over a million bytes of data (1 047 576 bytes)
Gigabyte Just over a thousand million bytes of data (1 072 717 824 bytes)
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