Scientific Notation

If the exponent on your power of 10 is positive, is your number larger or smaller than 10?

• Larger
• Smaller

Change from standard form to scientific notation: 12,000,000

• 12.0  x  10⁷
• 0.12  x  10⁷
• 1.2  x  10⁶
• 1.2  x  10⁷

125,678,000: Change to scientific notation

• 1.25678  x  10¹²
• .125678  x  10^-9
• 12.5678  x  10⁸
• 1.25678  x  10⁸

Write 0.000972 in scientific notation.

• 9.72 x 10^-4
• 9.72 x 10^-3
• 972 x 10^-4
• 9.72 x 10⁴

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

• 50
• 5
• 100
• 10

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

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

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

If the exponent is a negative number the original number was...

• a really large number.

• a really small number.

If the exponent is a positive number the original number was...

• a really big number.

• a really small number.

Convert to scientific notation:

520,000,000

• 52 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10^-7

• 5.2 x 10⁸

• 0.52 x 10⁹