Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A way to express very large or very small numbers using powers of ten.

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How is scientific notation structured?

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It is written as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of ten (e.g., a x 10^n).

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Convert 12,000,000 to scientific notation.

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1.2 x 10^7

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What does a negative exponent indicate in scientific notation?

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The original number was a really small number.

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Convert 0.0005 to scientific notation.

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5 x 10^-4

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Which of the following is correctly written in scientific notation? 8.2 x 10^2, 82 x 10^7, 3.45 x 9^4

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8.2 x 10^2

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True or False: 13.5 x 10^8 is in scientific notation.

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FALSE

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What is the purpose of scientific notation?

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To simplify the representation of very large or very small numbers.

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How do you convert a number from standard form to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to create a number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved to determine the exponent.

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What is the scientific notation for 0.0042?

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4.2 x 10^-3