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. For example, 3000 can be written as 3 x 10^3.

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How do you convert a number from standard form to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to create a number between 1 and 10, then count the number of places moved to determine the exponent of 10.

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Convert 0.00045 to scientific notation.

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4.5 x 10^-4.

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What is the standard form of 2.5 x 10^3?

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2500.

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When multiplying numbers in scientific notation, what do you do with the exponents?

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Add the exponents.

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When dividing numbers in scientific notation, what do you do with the exponents?

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Subtract the exponents.

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Convert 12,000,000 to scientific notation.

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1.2 x 10^7.

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What is the result of (3 x 10^4) x (2 x 10^3)?

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6 x 10^7.

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What is the result of (5 x 10^6) / (1 x 10^2)?

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5 x 10^4.

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How do you change 3.97 x 10^-2 back to standard form?

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0.0397.