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Number of atoms in the universe

November 24, 2015March 24, 2016Oxford Maths 1 Comment

Steve’s last blog post –  Prime factors: Part 1 In my last blog I looked at the number ‘a googol’, which is 10100 and questioned how it would compare to the number of atoms in the universe.  Once students have an understanding of standard form including multiplication it is reasonably easy to lead your students through this calculation. It […]

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