All Operations with Scientific Notation

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

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

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

What is the standard form?
1.245 x 10³

• 0.001245
• 12.45
• 1245

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.A.4

How would you write -5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

• 0.0056
• -5,600
• 0.00056
• -0.0056

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Put the following in scientific notation:
23,948

• 23.948 x 10³
• 2.3948 x 10⁴
• 2.3948 x 10^-4
• 0.23948 x 10⁵

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.A.4

Put the following number in scientific notation
0.004362

• 4.362 x 10³
• 4.362 x 10^-3
• 0.4362 x 10^-2
• 43.62 x 10^-4

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

CCSS.6.EE.A.4

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a positive number...

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

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a negative number...

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

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CCSS.8.EE.A.1

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? 

• 4.3092 x 10¹
• 3.9098 x 10⁷
• 3.9098 x 10⁸
• 5.7678 x 10⁸

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The dimensions of an office building are 1.5 x 10² feet by 1.35 x 10³ feet. What is the perimeter of the base of the building, in feet? 

• 1.50 x 10³
• 2.85 x 10 ⁵
• 3.00 x 10 ³
• 5.70 x 10 ⁵

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

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?

• 7.752 x 10¹¹
• 7.752 x 10²⁸
• 8.62 x 10¹¹
• 8.62 x 10²⁸

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

CCSS.6.NS.B.3