Scientific Notation to Standard Form

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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 scientific notation to standard form?

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Multiply the coefficient by 10 raised to the power indicated.

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What is the standard form of 5.589 x 10^6?

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55,890,000

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What is the standard form of 9.5 x 10^{-3}?

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0.0095

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What is the standard form of 3.005 x 10^{-6}?

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0.000003005

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What is the standard form of 2.56 x 10^5?

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256,000

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What is the standard form of 4.3756 x 10^4?

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43,756

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What does the exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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The number of places the decimal point moves to the right (positive exponent) or to the left (negative exponent).

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Convert 0.00045 to scientific notation.

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4.5 x 10^{-4}.

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Convert 1,200,000 to scientific notation.

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1.2 x 10^6.