Scientific Notation

Write 3.2 x 10³ in standard form.

• 3.200
• 3200
• 32000
• .0032

Write 9,450,000 in scientific notation.

• 9.45 x 10⁴
• 9.45 x 10⁵
• 9.45 x 10⁶
• .945 x 10⁷

Light travels at a rate of 186,000 miles per second.  Write this number in scientific notation.

• 1.86 x 10⁵
• 1.86 x 10⁴
• 18.6 x 10⁴
• 186 x 10³

The closest galaxy to our own is over 2,500,000 light years away.  Write this number is scientific notation.

• 2.5 x 10⁷
• .25 x 10⁷
• 25 x 10⁵
• 2.5 x 10⁶

Write 234 in scientific notation.

• You can't write this number in scientific notation.
• 2.34 x 10⁴
• 2.34 x 10³
• 2.34 x 10²

Write this number in standard form:  7.7 x 10⁹

• 7,700,000,000
• 7,700,000
• 7,000,000.000
• 70,000,000,000

Scientific notation writing very large numbers using powers of 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

The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of ____.

• 50
• 5
• 100
• 10