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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How is a number written in scientific notation?

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It is written as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of ten.

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What is the standard form of -5.6 x 10^-3?

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-0.0056

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True or False: The first number in scientific notation must be greater than 1 and less than 10.

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True

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True or False: Scientific notation can have the first number as a value greater than 100.

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False

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How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

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5 x 10^-4

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Which of the following is correct scientific notation: 20.35 x 10^4, .2035 x 10^4, 2035^4, 2.035 x 10^4?

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2.035 x 10^4

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What does the exponent in scientific notation represent?

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The exponent indicates how many times to multiply or divide by 10.

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Convert 3.2 x 10^5 to standard form.

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320,000

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Convert 7.1 x 10^-2 to standard form.

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0.071