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 number from scientific notation to standard form?

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Multiply the coefficient by 10 raised to the power indicated.

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Convert 7.3003 x 10^-5 to standard form.

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.000073003

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Convert 6.254 x 10^6 to standard form.

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6,254,000

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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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Convert 0.0000378 to scientific notation.

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3.78 x 10^-5

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Convert 2.12 x 10^-3 to standard form.

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.00212

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What is the coefficient in scientific notation?

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The number in front of the power of ten, which is usually between 1 and 10.

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What does the exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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The number of places the decimal point moves; positive for large numbers and negative for small numbers.

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Write 0.00000045 in scientific notation.

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4.5 x 10^-7