Scientific Notation and Significant Figures Practice

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What is scientific notation?

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A method of expressing numbers as a product of a coefficient and a power of 10, where the coefficient is greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

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What is the range for the coefficient in scientific notation?

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The coefficient must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

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How do you convert 4.3756 x 10^4 to standard form?

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43,756

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What is the standard form of 8 x 10^4?

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80,000

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents of the powers of 10.

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What is the result of 1.31 cm x 2.3 cm when considering significant figures?

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3.0 cm² (rounded to two significant figures).

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Which of the following is correctly written in scientific notation? 5.67 x 10^5, 56.7 x 10^3, 0.567 x 10^6

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5.67 x 10^5.

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What are significant figures?

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Digits in a number that contribute to its precision, including all non-zero digits, zeros between significant digits, and trailing zeros in the decimal part.

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How many significant figures are in the number 0.00456?

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Three significant figures (4, 5, and 6).

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What is the rule for adding and subtracting numbers with significant figures?

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The result should be rounded to the least number of decimal places of any number in the operation.