Scientific Notation and Standard Notation

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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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What is standard notation?

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The usual way of writing numbers without exponents, using digits.

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How do you convert -5.6 x 10^-3 to standard form?

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-0.0056

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What is the range for the first number in scientific notation?

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It must be greater than 1 and less than 10.

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How do you express 0.000457 in scientific notation?

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4.57 x 10^-4

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How do you express 10,030,400,000 in scientific notation?

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1.00304 x 10^10

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Which of the following is correct scientific notation: 20.35 x 10^4, .2035 x 10^4, 2035^4, 2.035 x 10^4?

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2.035 x 10^4

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What is the purpose of scientific notation?

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To simplify the representation of very large or very small numbers.

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What is the exponent in scientific notation?

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The power of ten that indicates how many places to move the decimal point.

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How do you convert 0.0045 to scientific notation?

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4.5 x 10^-3