8.2C Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, using powers of ten.

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How do you convert a number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point in the number until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal point, then multiply by 10 raised to the number of places the decimal was moved.

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Convert 9.78 x 10^12 to standard form.

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9,780,000,000,000

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Convert 564,000,000 to scientific notation.

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5.64 x 10^8

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Convert 8.317 x 10^6 to standard form.

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8,317,000

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Convert -5.6 x 10^-3 to standard form.

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-0.0056

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What is the standard form of 1.23 x 10^5?

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123,000

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How do you express 0.00045 in scientific notation?

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4.5 x 10^-4

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What is the value of 10^0?

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1

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.