Scientific Notation Word Problem Operation

Operations in scientific Notation Word Problems

Key Words for Addition

• How many total

Key Words for Subtraction

• How many more

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Key Words for Multiplying

• Times

Key Words for Dividing

• How Many More Times

• How Many Times

Multiple Choice

On average, Mercury is about 57,000,000 km from the sun, whereas Neptune is about  km from the sun. What is the difference between Neptune’s and Mercury’s distances from the sun?

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Multiple Choice

In the year 2000, the United States public debt was about 5.6 x 10¹² dollars.  The population of the United States in that year was about 2.8 x 10⁸ people.  What was the average debt per person?

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Find the combined mass of Earth and Venus. Earth is approximately 5.9 x 10²⁴ kg and Venus is approximately 4.9 x 10²⁴ kg.

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The Colorado Department of Education spent about 4.408 x 10⁹ in fiscal year 2004-2005 on public schools.  There were about 7.6 x 10⁵ students enrolled in public school.  What was the average spending per student? 

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Multiple Choice

The pitch of a sound is determined by the number of vibrations produced per second. The note “middle C” produces 2.62 x 10² vibrations per second.  If a pianist plays middle C for 5 x 10^-1 seconds, how many vibrations will occur?

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In the year 2000, the United States public debt was about 5.6 x 10¹² dollars.  The population of the United States in that year was about 2.8 x 10⁸ people.  What was the average debt per person?

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Find the combined mass of Earth and Venus. Earth is approximately 5.9 x 10²⁴ kg and Venus is approximately 4.9 x 10²⁴ kg.

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On average, Mercury is about 57,000,000 km from the sun, whereas Neptune is about 4.5 x 10^9 km from the sun. What is the difference between Neptune’s and Mercury’s distances from the sun?

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The mean distance from the sun to Earth is 9.29 x 10⁷ miles. Jupiter's mean distance from the sun is 4.8388 x 10⁸ miles. What is the difference between these two distances in miles?

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The mass of he sun is 1.989 x 10³⁰ kilograms. The mass of the earth is 5.98 x 10²⁴ kilograms. How many times bigger is the sun than the earth?

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There are approximately 3.1 x 10⁸ people in the United States. If each person has 4.1 x 10¹ coins, how many coins are there altogether?

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By area, Russia is the largest country in the world. It has an area of 8.649 x 10⁶ square miles. Canada is second with 4.797 x 10⁶ square miles. What is the difference in area?

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A factory can make 3 × 10⁴ t-shirts per day, how many t-shirts will it make in 2.5 ×10² days?

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A computer's hard disk drive holds 8 x 10⁷ bytes of information. If Jill buys an extra memory stick that holds 3 x 10⁶ bytes of information, how much memory will the computer hold?

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The Diplodocus dinosaur is believed to have become extinct approximately 1.38x10⁸ years ago. The Oviraptor is believed to have become extinct approximately 7x10⁷ years ago. How many years were there between the extinction of these two dinosaur types?

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As part of a community service project, a school planted 7x10⁵ trees in a year. If there are 3.5x10³ students in the school, how many trees did each student plant?

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The distance from the sun to the Andromeda galaxy is 1.2 x 10¹⁹ miles. Light travels at a speed of 5.88 x 10¹² miles per year (called a light-year). How long does it take light from the sun to the Andromeda galaxy?

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In 2012, New York City (NYC) and Los Angeles (LA) has the highest populations of any cities in the United States. NYC’s population was about 8.1 × 10⁶ and LA’s population was about 3.8 × 10⁶. What is the population of these two cities combined?

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A TV show had 3.5 × 10⁶ viewers for their first episode and 8.5 × 10⁶ viewers for their second episode. How many viewers did they have overall?

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If a computer can perform an addition operation in 1.5 x 10^-6 seconds, how long will it take to perform 1500 such operations?

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In 1985 Earth had 4.9 ×10⁹ people living on it and in 2005, earth had 6.4 ×10⁹ living on it. How many more people inhabited Earth in 2005 than in 1985?

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The US spends an average of 1.02x10⁴ dollars on each student per year. There are about 7.6x10⁷ students in the US. About how much money total is spent on students per year?

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The population of Mathville is 5.6 x 10³. The population of Algeville is 1.3 x 10⁴. How many more people are there in Algeville?

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