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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How do you convert a small number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the right until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal. The exponent of 10 will be negative, indicating how many places the decimal was moved.

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What is the scientific notation for 52,300,000?

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5.23 x 10^7

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What is the scientific notation for 0.0005?

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5 x 10^-4

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What does (xyz)^0 equal?

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1

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

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-0.0056

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What is the largest number among 9 x 10^6, 8 x 10^10, 1.3 x 10^12, and 5.3 x 10^3?

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1.3 x 10^12

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What is the value of 10^3?

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1000

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What is the value of 10^-2?

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0.01