Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A short way to write really long numbers.

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Write 0.000972 in scientific notation.

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9.72 x 10^-4

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Write 0.037 in scientific notation.

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3.7 x 10^-2

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Convert this number into scientific notation: 950,000

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9.5 x 10^5

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What is the general form of 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 greater than 1 into scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the left until only one non-zero digit remains to the left.

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How do you convert a number less than 1 into scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the right until only one non-zero digit remains to the left.

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What does the exponent in scientific notation represent?

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The number of places the decimal point has been moved.

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Convert 0.0000056 into scientific notation.

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5.6 x 10^-6

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Convert 450000000 into scientific notation.

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4.5 x 10^8