Exponent Rules and Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A way to express numbers as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10.

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How do you convert a number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point in the number until only one non-zero digit remains to the left. Count the number of places moved; this becomes the exponent of 10.

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What is the standard form of 4.3756 x 10^4?

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43,756

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What is the value of anything raised to the power of zero?

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1

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How do you subtract numbers in scientific notation?

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Make sure the exponents are the same, then subtract the coefficients.

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How do you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

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5 x 10^-4

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What is the power of a power rule?

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When raising a power to another power, multiply the exponents.