Scientific Notation

How would you write 5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

• 56,000

• 5,600

• 0.00056

• 0.0056

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first part should be a number between 1 and 100.

• True
• False

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

• 8, 371, 000
• 83, 170, 000
• 837, 100
• 8, 317, 000

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

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

Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

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

Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000  

• 52 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁸
• 0.52 x 10⁹

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

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a positive number...

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

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a negative number...

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

Select the value equivalent to 10^-2 ?

• 0.01
• 0.001
• 0.02
• 0.002