Scientific Notation Word Problems

A corporation earned a profit of $2.5 × 10⁴ for 1 × 10³ days in a row. What was the corporation’s total profit during this time period?

• 2.5 million

• 250 million

• 1.2 million

• 26,000

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In 2013 the Los Angeles Dodgers opening day payroll was about $2.16 × 10⁸ and the Houston Astros opening day payroll was about $2.4 × 10⁷. How much higher was the Dodgers’ payroll?

• 1.92 x 10⁸

• 1.92 x 10⁷

• 1.92 x 10⁶

• 19.2 x 10⁷

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An airplane traveled 5.7 × 10² miles per hour for 1.4 × 10¹ hours. How far did the airplane travel?

• 798 miles

• 40.7 miles

• 7.98 miles

• 7980 miles

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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?

• 1.2 x 10⁷

• 1.2 x 10^-7

• 1.2 x 10⁶

• 1.2 x 10^-6

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The population of Crowded Town is 4 × 10⁶ and the population of Empty Village is 8 × 10³. How many times the population of Empty Village is Crowded Town?

• 3.2 x 10¹⁰

• 500

• .002

• 2

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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?

• 1.19 x 10^-7

• 1.19 x 10⁷

• 11.9 x 10⁶

• 1.19 x 10⁶

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In 2012, the population of New York State (NY) was about 2 × 10⁷ and the population of the State of Oregon (OR) was about 4 × 10⁷. How many times the population of OR is NY?

• 5

• 8 x 10¹⁴

• 2

• 0.5

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The state of Colorado covers about 1.04 × 10⁵ square miles. The Indian Ocean covers about 2.808 × 10⁷ square miles. How many times bigger than Colorado is the Indian Ocean?

• 270

• 2.92032 x 10¹²

• .0037

• 100

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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?

• 1.13 x 10⁹

• 1.13 x 10¹⁰

• 1.5 x 10⁸

• 1.5 x 10⁹

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