Scientific Notation Practice Assessment

What is (8.5 x 10⁸) - (6.4 x 10⁷)

• 2.1 x 10¹

• 7.86 x 10⁸

• 3.35 x 10⁶

• 2.1 x 10⁸

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

One type of insect is 0.000025 meters long. What is this distance in scientific notation?

• 2.5 x 10⁴

• 25 x 10⁵

• 2.4 x 10^-4

• 2.5 x 10^-5

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

An Asian country has a population of 19,700,000. What is this number in scientific notation?

• 1.97 x 10⁵

• 1.97 x 10⁷

• 197 x 10⁵

• 1.97 x 10⁸

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

Which power of 10 would you use to convert 85,000,000,000 to scientific notation? 8.5 x ______

• 10⁹

• 10¹⁰

• 10¹¹

• 10¹²

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

What is the sum of (7.4 x 10⁸) + (3.3 x 10⁶) written in scientific notation?

• 7.433 x 10⁸

• 10.7 x 10⁸

• 1.07 x 10⁶

• 7.433 x 10¹⁴

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

Which of these objects has the greatest diameter?

• red blood cell

• grain of salt

• moon

• Planet Mercury

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

What is the diameter of a red blood cell in standard notation?

• 84,000,000

• 0.0000084

• 8.0000046

• 0.000846

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

Compare the diameter of a red blood cell to the diameter of a grain of salt

• red blood cell > grain of salt

• grain of salt > red blood cell

• red blood cell = grain of salt

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

List the planets above from least to greatest according to their diameters.

• Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth

• Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Mercury, Mars, Venus

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CCSS.4.NBT.A.2

What is the combined diameter of Mercury and Mars added together? (4.88 x 10⁶) + (6.78 x 10⁶)

• 9.42 x 10⁶

• 10.66 x 10¹²

• 8.245 x 10⁶

• 1.166 x 10⁷

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4