Scientific Notation Word problems

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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The mass of he sun is 1.989 x 10³⁰ kilograms. The mass of the earth is 5.98 x 10²⁴ kilograms. How many times bigger is the sun than the earth?

• 3.326 x 10⁵
• 3.326 x 10⁶
• 1.99 x 10³⁰
• 1.99 x 10⁶

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There are approximately 3.1 x 10⁸ people in the United States. If each person has 4.1 x 10¹ coins, how many coins are there altogether?

• 1.271 x 10¹⁰
• 1.271 x 10⁹
• 1.271 x 10¹¹
• 1.271 x 10⁸

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By area, Russia is the largest country in the world. It has an area of 8.649 x 10⁶ square miles. Canada is second with 4.797 x 10⁶ square miles. What is the difference in area?

• 3.852 x 10⁶ square miles
• 3.852 x 10⁰ square miles
• 1.803 x 10⁶ square miles
• 1.803 x 10¹ square miles

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A computer's hard disk drive holds 8 x 10⁷ bytes of information.  If Jill buys an extra memory stick that holds 3 x 10⁶ bytes of information, how much memory will the computer hold?

• 11 x 10¹³
• 11 x 10⁷
• 8.3 x 10¹³
• 8.3 x 10⁷

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The US spends an average of 2x10⁴ dollars on each student per year. There are about 6.x10⁷ students in the US. About how much money total is spent on students per year?

• 1.2 x 10¹³

• 1.2 x 10¹²

• 8. x 10¹¹

• 4 x 10²⁸

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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

• 25 million

• 1.2 million

• 26,000

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1. The pitch of a sound is determined by the number of vibrations produced per second.  The note “middle C” produces 2.62 x 10² vibrations per second.  If a pianist plays middle C for 5 x 10^-1 seconds, how many vibrations will occur?

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiply
• Divide

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2. On average, Mercury is about 57,000,000 km from the sun, whereas Neptune is about  km from the sun. What is the difference between Neptune’s and Mercury’s distances from the sun?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

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What movie is this photo from?

• 101 Dalmatians 
• Fox & the Hound 
• Peter Pan 
• Littler Mermaid 

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