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

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

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

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

Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

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

If the exponent is a positive number...

• you will get a large number

• you will get a smaller number

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

• 10
• itself
• 1
• 0

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

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

Convert this number to standard notation: 7.1 x 10⁴

Convert this number to standard notation: 1.4 x 10^-2

If the exponent is a negative number...

• you will get a large number

• you will get a smaller number