Engineering notation

To put a number into engineering notation, we need to move the decimal place ____ places at a time.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Looking at the index form to the left, what is this number also known as?

• base unit

• a standard unit

• 1

• all of these

Looking at the index form to the left, what is the engineering term used to represent this number?

• terabyte

• gigahertz

• megohm

• kilovolt

Looking at the index form to the left, what is the engineering term used to represent this number?

• milliamp

• microwatt

• nanosecond

• picofarad

Looking at the index form to the left, what is the engineering term used to represent this number?

• megohm

• terabyte

• kilovolt

• picofarad

Looking at the index form to the left, what is the engineering term used to represent this number?

• milliamp

• nanosecond

• picofarad

• microwatt

Looking at the engineering term to the left, what is the index form used to represent this?

• 10³

• 10⁹

• 10⁶

• 10¹²

Looking at the engineering term to the left, what is the index form used to represent this?

• 10^-12

• 10^-9

• 10^-6

• 10^-3

Looking at the engineering term to the left, what is the index form used to represent this?

• 10³

• 10⁶

• 10⁹

• 10¹²

Looking at the engineering term to the left, what is the index form used to represent this?

• 10^-3

• 10^-6

• 10^-9

• 10^-12