Scientific Notation to Standard Form CW

How would you write 4.3756 x 10⁴ in standard form?

• 437,560,000
• 0.00043756
• 43,756
• 4,3756

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

• 0.0056
• -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

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

Which is true when converting from scientific to standard notation? (select all that apply)

• move the decimal to the right if the exponent is negative

• move the decimal to the left if the exponent is positive

• move the decimal to the right if the exponent is positive

• move the decimal to the left if the exponent is negative

The picture above is taken from a powerful microscope showing colonies of bacteria. The size of bacteria can be as small as 2.0 x 10 ^ -7 meters. What is this number in standard notation?

• 2,000,000

• 0.000002

• 20,000,000

• 0.0000002

Write 7.8 x 10³ in standard form.

• 7,800

• 78,000

• 78

• 0.0078

Express the following in standard notation:

8.025 x 10^-8

• .00000008025

• .000000008025

• 802,500,000,000

• 80,250,000,000

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

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