Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A way to express very large or very small numbers using powers of ten.

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What is the general format of a number in scientific notation?

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A number expressed as a coefficient (between 1 and 10) multiplied by 10 raised to an exponent.

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Convert 6.79 x 10^4 to standard form.

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67,900

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Which number is correctly written in scientific notation? 8.2 x 10^2, 82 x 10^7, 3.45 x 9^4

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8.2 x 10^2

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What is the coefficient of 23,400,000 in scientific notation?

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2.34

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What is the coefficient of 147,000 in scientific notation?

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1.47

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Why is scientific notation possible?

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Because our number system is base 10.

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Convert 0.00045 to scientific notation.

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4.5 x 10^-4

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What is the exponent in the scientific notation 3.2 x 10^5?

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5

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.