Scientific Notation and Standard Form

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What is scientific notation?

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How do you convert a number to scientific notation?

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

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What is standard form?

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Standard form is the way of writing numbers without using exponents, typically in decimal notation.

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Convert 4500000 to scientific notation.

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Convert 0.00032 to scientific notation.

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What does a positive exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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It indicates a large number.

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What does a negative exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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It indicates a small number.

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How would you write -5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

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-0.0056.

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Express 0.0000002203 in scientific notation.

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Express 0.000457 in scientific notation.

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