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, typically in the form a x 10^n, where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer.

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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. Count the number of places moved; this becomes the exponent of 10.

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What is the standard form of 4.3756 x 10^4?

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43,756

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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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How do you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

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5 x 10^-4

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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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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 is the exponent in scientific notation?

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The power of 10 that indicates how many places to move the decimal point.

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True or False: Scientific Notation can only represent positive numbers.

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False, it can represent both positive and negative numbers.

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.