DOL Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form. It is written as the product of a number (between 1 and 10) and a power of 10.

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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How do you divide numbers in scientific notation?

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What is the coefficient in scientific notation?

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The coefficient in scientific notation is the number that is multiplied by the power of 10. It must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

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What is the power of ten in scientific notation?

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The power of ten in scientific notation indicates how many places the decimal point has been moved. A positive exponent indicates a large number, while a negative exponent indicates a small number.

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Convert 0.00056 to scientific notation.

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Convert 4500000 to scientific notation.

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How do you add numbers in scientific notation?

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To add numbers in scientific notation, they must have the same exponent. If they do not, convert one or both numbers to have the same exponent before adding the coefficients.