Scientific Notation #1

Scientific Notation #1

What is Scientific Notation?

Scientific Notation Definition

• A way to express numbers that are either too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form.

• Example:  $38,000,000,000\ \rightarrow\ 3.8\times10^{10}$  

Multiple Choice

Write in scientific notation:
0.00071363

• 7.1363 x 10^-3
• 7.1363 x 10^-4
• 7.1363 x 10⁴
• 7.1363 x 10³

Multiple Choice

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10^-5

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10^-3

• .5 x 10³

Multiple Choice

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10^-5

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10^-3

• .5 x 10³

Multiple Choice

The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of ____.

• 50

• 5

• 100

• 10

Multiple Choice

Change from standard form to scientific notation:  450,000

• 4.5  x  10⁵
• 45  x  10⁵
• 4.5  x  10⁴
• 4.5  x  10⁶

Multiple Choice

How would you write 564,000,000 in scientific notation?

• 5.64 x 10^-7

• 5.64 x 10⁶

• 5.64 x 10⁸

• 56.4 x 10⁷