Scientific Notation (Positive Exponents)

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What is scientific notation?

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A way of expressing numbers as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10.

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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 you have a number between 1 and 10, then count the number of places moved to determine the exponent of 10.

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Convert 12,501,000 to scientific notation.

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Convert 982,220,000 to scientific notation.

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Convert 6.5 \times 10^4 to standard notation.

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65,000.

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Convert 152,650,000,000 to scientific notation.

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Convert 480,000,000 to scientific notation.

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What is the exponent in scientific notation?

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The exponent indicates how many places the decimal point has been moved.

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What is the significance of the coefficient in scientific notation?

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The coefficient must be a number greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.