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 small decimal number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the right until you have a number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved. The exponent will be negative.

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How do you convert a large whole number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the left until you have a number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved. The exponent will be positive.

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Write 0.00000707 in scientific notation.

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7.07 x 10^-6

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Express 0.000457 in scientific notation.

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4.57 x 10^-4

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How would you write 564,000,000 in scientific notation?

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5.64 x 10^8

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Express 0.0000002203 in scientific notation.

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2.203 x 10^-7

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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 greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

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What does the exponent in scientific notation represent?

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The exponent indicates how many places to move the decimal point and whether the number is large (positive exponent) or small (negative exponent).

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Convert 3.2 x 10^5 to standard form.

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