Scientific Notation with Positive Powers of 10

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What is scientific notation?

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A short way to write really large or really small numbers.

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What is the base used in scientific notation?

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10

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Which of the following numbers is NOT written in correct scientific notation? 0.32 x 10^6, 9.99 x 10^3, 3.2 x 10^5, 7.1 x 10^2

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0.32 x 10^6

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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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Convert to standard form: 7.2 x 10^3

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7,200

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What is the general form of a number in scientific notation?

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a x 10^n, where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer.

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

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

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What does the exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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The number of times to multiply the base (10) by itself.

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If you have 5.0 x 10^2, what is the value in standard form?

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500.

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What is the value of 3.0 x 10^4 in standard form?

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30,000.