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, making it easier to work with very large or very small numbers.

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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 its left, then multiply by 10 raised to the number of places the decimal was moved.

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Convert 3200 to scientific notation.

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3.2 x 10^3

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What is the standard form of 5 x 10^4?

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0.0005

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How do you write 0.000398 in scientific notation?

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3.98 x 10^-4

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Convert 1.25678 x 10^8 to standard form.

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125678000

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What is the coefficient in the scientific notation 4.5 x 10^2?

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4.5

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How do you express 0.0005 in scientific notation?

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5 x 10^-4

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What is the standard form of 2.08 x 10^2?

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208

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Convert 12.5678 x 10^8 to standard form.

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1256780000