Scientific Notation Notes

Open Ended

How many digits can fit in your calculator before it stops accepting them?

Open Ended

Why is scientific notation important when dealing with very large or very small numbers in science?

Multiple Select

Select all statements that are true about the coefficient in scientific notation.

• It must be greater than or equal to one.

• It must be less than ten.

• It follows the rules of significant figures.

• It can be any positive number.

Multiple Choice

Which part of the number 6.02 x 10^23 is called the coefficient, and what are the rules for choosing its value in scientific notation?

• 6.02; It must be greater than or equal to one and less than ten.

• 10; It must be a whole number.

• 23; It must be a positive integer.

• 6.02; It must be less than one.

Multiple Choice

What does the exponent represent in the scientific notation 6.02 x 10^23?

• The number of times the decimal moves to get back to standard notation.

• The number of significant figures in the coefficient.

• The number of zeros in the number.

• The value of the coefficient.

Multiple Select

Select all that apply: Which of the following are correct steps for converting a small number like 0.000034 to scientific notation?

• Move the decimal to the right

• Count the number of decimal places moved

• Make the coefficient between one and ten

• Use a positive exponent

Multiple Choice

What is the standard form of 4.9 × 10^8?

• 490,000,000

• 49,000,000

• 4,900,000,000

• 49,000,000,000

Multiple Choice

What is the standard form of the number 7.1 × 10^-6?

• 0.0000071

• 0.000071

• 0.00071

• 0.0071

Open Ended

Explain the process of converting a number from scientific notation to standard form, using 7.1 × 10^-6 as an example.

​Practice converting to scientific notation

Multiple Select

Select all numbers that are written in scientific notation.

• 6,300

• 7.5 × 10^7

• 2.49 × 10^-3

• 0.62

​​Practice converting to standard notation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following numbers is written in standard notation?

• 6.3 × 10^3

• 7.5 × 10^7

• 0.00249

• 2.49 × 10^-3