Scientific Notation Practice

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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How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10^-3

• .5 x 10³

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Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

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

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Express the following in scientific notation:
10,030,400,000

• 1.00304 x 10⁹
• 1.00304 x 10¹⁰
• 1.00403 x 10¹⁰
• 1.00304 x10^-10

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UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a positive number...

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

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UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a negative number...

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

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Which is true when converting from scientific to standard notation? (select all that apply)

• move the decimal to the right if the exponent is negative

• move the decimal to the left if the exponent is positive

• move the decimal to the right if the exponent is positive

• move the decimal to the left if the exponent is negative

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

Which is the smallest?
1.3 x 10²⁰
2.9 x 10²¹
9.5 x 10³²
8.4 x 10¹⁹

• 1.3 x 10²⁰
• 2.9 x 10²¹
• 9.5 x 10³²
• 8.4 x 10¹⁹

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How is the number 4,900,000 written in Scientific Notation?

• 49 x 10⁶

• 4.9 x 10^-6

• 4.9 x 10⁵

• 4.9 x 10⁶

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How would you write 0.00027 in Scientific Notation?

• 27 x 10^-4

• 2.7 x 10⁴

• 2.7 x 10^-4

• 270 x 10⁴