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.

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What does a positive exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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The number is larger than 10.

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What does a negative exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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The number is smaller than 1.

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Convert 0.000398 to scientific notation.

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3.98 x 10^-4

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Convert 0.004078 to scientific notation.

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4.078 x 10^-3

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What is the coefficient in scientific notation?

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A number between 1 and 10.

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

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

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What is the scientific notation for 500,000?

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5 x 10^5

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What is the scientific notation for 0.00056?

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5.6 x 10^-4

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If you multiply two numbers in scientific notation, how do you combine them?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.