Using and Expressing Measurements - Scientific Notation

Multiple Choice

Write 0.000972 in scientific notation.

• 9.72 x 10^-4
• 9.72 x 10^-3
• 972 x 10^-4
• 9.72 x 10⁴

Multiple Choice

Light travels at a rate of 186,000 miles per second.  Write this number in scientific notation.

• 1.86 x 10⁵
• 1.86 x 10⁴
• 18.6 x 10⁴
• 186 x 10³

Multiple Choice

What do you do to your exponents when you are dividing in scientific notation?

• Subtract

• Divide

• Multiply

• Add

Multiple Choice

$$\left(9.8\times10^3\right)+\left(1.07\times\times10^5\right)$$  

• $$10.87\ \times\ 10^8$$  

• $$1.087\times10^9$$  

• $$2.15\times10^5$$  

• $$1.168\times10^5$$  

Multiple Choice

$$\left(4.1\times10^5\right)+\left(5.5\times10^6\right)$$  

• 5.91 x 10⁶

• 9.6 x 10⁵

• 9.6 x 10¹¹

• 4.65 x 10⁵

Multiple Choice

Multiply:
(9.4 x 10⁶)(3.2 x 10⁵)

• 30.08 x 10¹¹
• 3.8 x 10¹
• 3.008 x 10¹²
• 2.9375 x 10¹

Multiple Choice

What is the simplified version of

• 3.9 x 10⁶
• 4 x 10²⁰
• 4 x 10⁶
• 3.9 x 10²⁰

Multiple Choice

Which of these numbers are NOT in scientific notation?

• 1.2 x 10³
• 5.3 x 10⁹
• 2.0 x 10⁰
• 10 x 10²

Multiple Choice

(2.8 x 10⁸)+(5.4 x 10⁹)

• 5.68 x 10⁹
• 5.69 x 10⁹
• 5.67 x 10⁹
• 5.70 x 10⁹

Multiple Choice

(2.8 * 10⁸) (2.2*10³)

• 6.16 * 10²⁴
• 5.0 * 10¹¹
• 6.16 * 10¹¹
• 61.6 * 10¹¹

Multiple Choice

(9.6 * 10⁴)(6.5 * 10²)

• 6.24 * 10⁷
• 62.4 * 10⁶
• 6.24 * 10⁸
• 6.24 * 10²

Multiple Choice

Multiply:
(3.4 x 10⁵)(1.2 x 10^-3)

• 4.08 x 10^-8
• 4.8 x 10²
• 4.08 x 10²
• 4.08 x 10^-15

Multiple Choice

Divide:
(6.9 x 10⁷) / (2.3 x 10^-3)

• 3 x 10¹⁰
• 3 x 10⁴
• 3 x 10^-4
• 3 x 10^-11

Multiple Choice

Solve:
(2.1×10​²​​) × (3.0×10​⁴)

• 5.1 x 10²
• 6.3 x 10⁶
• 5.1 x 10⁶
• 6.3 x 10⁸

Multiple Choice

Solve:
(9 x 10^-6) / (3 x 10^-3) 

• 27 x 10^-9
• 3 x 10^-3
• 3 x 10^-9
• 27 x 10^-3

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

Which is the largest?
4.8 x 10^-6 
1.3 x 10²⁰
3.1 x 10^-4
9.2 x 10^-5 
9.5 x 10³²
5.9 x 10^-5
2.9 x 10²¹
8.4 x 10¹⁹

• 9.5 x 10³²
• 3.1 x 10^-4
• 8.4 x 10¹⁹
• 4.8 x 10^-6 

Multiple Choice

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵
• 5 x 10^-4
• 5 x 10⁴
• .5 x 10³

Multiple Choice

(3.8×10⁷)×162

• 6.156×10⁹
• 6.156×10⁸
• 615×10⁷
• 615×10⁸

Multiple Choice

Dylan traveled 1 × 10⁵ miles last year. This year he has traveled 3 × 10⁷ miles. How many miles has he traveled altogether the past two years?

• 3.0 x 10¹² miles 
• 4.0 x 10¹² miles
• 3.01 x 10⁷ miles
• 3.10 x 10⁷ miles

Multiple Choice

Multiply using scientific notation.
(2 x 10³) x (1.9 x 10²)

• 3.8 x 10⁵
• 3.8 x 10²
• 3.8 x 10⁴
• 3.8 x 10⁶

Multiple Choice

Write 1.09 x 10^-4 in standard notation.

• 1,090

• 10,900

• 0.000109

• 0.0109

Multiple Choice

Divide.

Write the answer in scientific notation.

5 x 10¹²

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2 x 10⁶

• 2.5 x 10²

• 2.5 x 10⁶

• 3 x 10²

• 2.5 x 10¹⁸

Multiple Choice

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

• 8, 371, 000
• 83, 170, 000
• 837, 100
• 8, 317, 000

Multiple Choice

(2.8 * 10⁸) (2.2*10³)

• 6.16 * 10²⁴
• 5.0 * 10¹¹
• 6.16 * 10¹¹
• 61.6 * 10¹¹

Multiple Choice

(8.4 * 10⁶)/(2.1 * 10³)

• 0.4 * 10⁴
• 400 * 10^-3
• 4 * 10³
• 4 * 10²