Scientific Notation

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first part should be a number between 1 and 100.

• True
• False

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The second part is a power of base 10.

• True
• False

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

• 1.0001 x 10⁴
• 1.01 x 10⁵
• 1.001 x 10³
• 10.1 x 10³

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

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

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

• 20.35 x 10⁴
• .2035 x 10⁴
• 2035 ⁴
• 2.035 x10⁴

Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

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

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a positive number...

• you will get a large number
• you will get a smaller number

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a negative number...

• you will get a large number
• you will get a small number

The table shows the mass in grams of one atom of each of several elements. List the elements in order from the least mass to greatest mass per atom.

• hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, silver, gold
• hydrogen, oxygen, gold, siver, carbon
• carbon, oxygen, silver, gold, hydrogen
• gold, oxygen, carbon, silver, hydrogen

The Statue of Liberty weighs 450,000 pounds. What is this number written in scientific notation?

• 4.5 x 10^-5
• 45 x 10^-4
• 45 x 10⁴
• 4.5 x 10⁵