Converting Between Scientific Notation and Standard Form

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What is scientific notation?

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A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, using powers of ten.

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

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Move the decimal point in the number until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal point, then count the number of places moved and express it as a power of ten.

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Convert 0.000398 to scientific notation.

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3.98 x 10^-4

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Convert 450,000 to scientific notation.

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4.5 x 10^5

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Convert 520,000,000 to scientific notation.

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5.2 x 10^8

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Which of the following is correctly written in scientific notation? 8.2 x 10^2, 82 x 10^7, 3.45 x 9^4

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8.2 x 10^2

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What is the standard form of 3.2 x 10^3?

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3200

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What is the standard form of 7.5 x 10^-2?

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0.075

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How do you express 0.00056 in scientific notation?

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5.6 x 10^-4

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What is the value of 1.2 x 10^6 in standard form?

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1,200,000