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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When writing a number in scientific notation, what must the first number be?

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Greater than 1 but less than 10.

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Convert 12,000,000 to scientific notation.

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1.2 x 10^7

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Convert 450,000 to scientific notation.

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4.5 x 10^5

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How do you write 186,000 in scientific notation?

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1.86 x 10^5

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What is the value of any number raised to the power of 0?

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1

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What is the general form of a number in scientific notation?

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a x 10^n, where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer.

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

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What is the scientific notation for 0.00045?

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4.5 x 10^-4

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What is the scientific notation for 3,200,000?

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3.2 x 10^6