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

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

• True

• False

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

• False

• True

What is it called when you go from this form to this next form?
0.0088 to 8.8 x 10³

• Standard form to scientific notation

• Scientific notation to regular form

• Scientific notation to standard form

• Standard form to regular form

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

• to the right

• to the left

• to both sides

• nowhere.... the decimal goes nowhere

Write in standard form: 
8 x 10⁴

• 8,000

• 80,000

• .00008

How would you write 4.3756 x 10⁴ in standard form?

• 437,560,000

• 0.00043756

• 43,756

• 4,3756

Which number is correctly written in scientific notation?

• 5.67 x 10⁵

• 56.7 x 10³

• 0.567 x 10⁶

Write in scientific notation: 
0.0000378 

• 3.78 x 10^-5

• 3.78 x 10^-6

• 0.378 x 10^-5

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

• 20.35 x 10⁴

• .2035 x 10⁴

• 2035 ⁴

• 2.035 x10⁴