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?

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

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?

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

A microgram is equal to 1 x 10 ^-6 grams. How many times greater than a microgram is 1 x 10² grams?

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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. How much money is spent on students per year?

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

As part of a community service project, a class planted 7x10⁵ trees in a year. If there are 3.5x10³ students in the school, how many trees did each student plant?

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

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?

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

If the length of Los Angeles is 8.1 × 10⁶ meters and the width is 3.8 × 10⁶. What is the area of the city?

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

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?

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4