Converting Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, using powers of ten.

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How do you convert a large number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the left until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal. Count the number of places moved; this becomes the exponent of 10.

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Convert 43,000,000 to scientific notation.

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4.3 × 10⁷

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Convert 12,000,000 to scientific notation.

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1.2 × 10⁷

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Which of the following is in scientific notation: 8.987000, 8.98 x 10⁶, 80.987 x 10, 8.98⁶?

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8.98 x 10⁶

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What is the standard form of 6.79 x 10⁴?

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67,900

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Convert 4.2 x 10⁴ to standard form.

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42,000

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What is the exponent in scientific notation for the number 0.00042?

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-4 (0.00042 = 4.2 x 10⁻⁴)

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How do you convert a number from scientific notation to standard form?

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Multiply the number by 10 raised to the power of the exponent.

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What is the scientific notation for 0.00056?

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5.6 x 10⁻⁴