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 in 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 8.317 x 10^6?

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8,317,000

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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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Which is smaller: 8.7 x 10^3 or 9 x 10^2?

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9 x 10^2 is smaller.

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What is the standard notation of 8.025 x 10^-8?

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.00000008025

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Identify the scientific notation: 8.98 x 10^6, 80.987 x 10, 8.987000, 8.98^6.

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8.98 x 10^6.

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What does the exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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The number of places the decimal point moves.

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Convert 3.2 x 10^4 to standard form.

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32,000

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What is the value of 1 x 10^0?

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1 (any number to the power of 0 is 1).