Operations with Scientific Notation TEST REVIEW

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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 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 multiply by the appropriate power of 10.

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Convert 0.000000149 to scientific notation.

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1.49 x 10^{-7}

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Convert 0.0850284 to scientific notation.

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8.50284 x 10^{-2}

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What is the standard notation of 8.025 x 10^{-8}?

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0.00000008025

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What is the standard notation of 5.64 x 10^{8}?

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564,000,000

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How do you determine the power of 10 for a number in scientific notation?

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Count how many places you moved the decimal point to convert to scientific notation; if you moved it to the left, it's positive; if to the right, it's negative.

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What is the scientific notation for 85,000,000,000?

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8.5 x 10^{10}

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What is the value of 10^{-3}?

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0.001

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What is the value of 10^{5}?

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100,000