Scientific Notation

What is scientific notation?

• A long way to write really short  numbers
• A short way to write really long numbers
• I don't know...
• None of the above

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The second part is a power of base 10.

• True
• False

How would you write 564,000,000 in scientific notation?

• 5.64 x 10^-7
• 5.64 x 10⁶
• 5.64 x 10⁸
• 56.4 x 10⁷

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be greater than 1, but less than 10.

• False
• True

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

• 1.0001 x 10⁴
• 1.01 x 10⁵
• 1.001 x 10³
• 10.1 x 10³

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a positive number...

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

Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

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

When your exponent is negative, you move your decimal....

• to the right
• to the left
• to both sides
• nowhere.... the decimal goes nowhere

ANY number raised to a power of 0 will be....

• 10
• itself
• 1
• 0

How would you write 4.3756 x 10⁴ in standard form?

• 437,560,000
• 0.00043756
• 43,756
• 4,3756