Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A method of expressing numbers as a product of a coefficient and a power of 10, e.g., 5.0 x 10^3.

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How do you convert a large number into scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the left until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal, then count the number of places moved to determine the exponent.

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How do you convert a small number into scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the right until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal, then count the number of places moved to determine the exponent as negative.

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What is the coefficient in scientific notation?

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The number that is multiplied by the power of 10, which must be between 1 and 10.

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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; positive for large numbers and negative for small numbers.

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Convert 950,000 into scientific notation.

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9.5 x 10^5.

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Convert 0.000457 into scientific notation.

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4.57 x 10^-4.

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Convert 1.4 x 10^-2 to standard notation.

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0.014.

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Which is greater: 5.0 x 10^8 or 5.0 x 10^6?

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5.0 x 10^8 is greater.

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Which is smaller: 5.0 x 10^-9 or 5.0 x 10^-4?

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5.0 x 10^-9 is smaller.