Scientific Notation Intro

Scientific Notation Intro

Scientific Notation...

...is a short way to write really long numers.

Multiple Choice

What is scientific notation?

• A long way to write really short numbers

• A short way to write really long numbers

• I don't know...

• None of the above

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When your exponent is negative, you move your decimal....

• to the right

• to the left

• to both sides

• nowhere.... the decimal goes nowhere

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ANY number raised to a power of 0 will be....

• 10
• itself
• 1
• 0

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Convert to scientific notation:

520,000,000

• 52 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10⁸

• 0.52 x 10⁹

Multiple Choice

Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

• 457 x 10⁶
• 457 x 10^-6
• 4.57 x10⁴
• 4.57 x 10^-4

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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

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Write in scientific notation:
0.00071363

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

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Change from standard form to scientific notation:  450,000

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

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7.82 x 10^-6 is an example of scientific notation. The exponent of -6 tells you your number will be very ________.

• Large
• Small
• Basic

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125,678,000: Change to scientific notation

• 1.25678  x  10¹²
• .125678  x  10^-9
• 12.5678  x  10⁸
• 1.25678  x  10⁸

Multiple Choice

When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be greater than 1, but less than 10.

• False
• True

Multiple Choice

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

• 50
• 5
• 100
• 10