Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A short way to write really large or really small numbers.

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Convert the following number to Standard Notation: 3.2456 × 10^{-8}

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0.000000032456

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Express the following in scientific notation: 0.0000002203

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2.203 x 10^{-7}

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Convert the following number to Standard Notation: 8 × 10^2

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800

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Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first part should be a number between 1 and 100. True or False?

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False

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What is the general form of scientific notation?

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

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Convert 5.67 × 10^3 to Standard Notation.

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5670

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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 0.00045 to scientific notation.

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4.5 × 10^{-4}

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What is the purpose of using scientific notation?

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