Scientific Notation and Standard Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A short way to write really long numbers.

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When writing a number in scientific notation, what must the first number be?

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Greater than 1 but less than 10.

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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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How would you write -5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

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-0.0056

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How would you write 4.3756 x 10^4 in standard form?

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43,756

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What is the purpose of scientific notation?

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To simplify the representation of very large or very small numbers.

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Convert 3.2 x 10^2 to standard form.

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320

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Convert 7.1 x 10^-5 to standard form.

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0.000071

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What is the value of 10^0?

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1

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.