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

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

• 50
• 5
• 100
• 10

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a positive number...

• you will get a large number
• you will get a smaller number

UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a negative number...

• you will get a large number
• you will get a small number

How many zeros would be in this number if written in standard form?
6.47 x 10¹¹

• 11
• 9
• 10
• 12

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

• 1.0001 x 10⁴
• 1.01 x 10⁵
• 1.001 x 10³
• 10.1 x 10³

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

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

Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

• 457 x 10⁶
• 457 x 10^-6
• 4.57 x10⁴
• 4.57 x 10^-4

Express the following in standard notation:
8.025 x 10^-8

• .00000008025
• .000000008025
• 802,500,000,000
• 80,250,000,000

Express the following in scientific notation:
10,030,400,000

• 1.00304 x 10⁹
• 1.00304 x 10¹⁰
• 1.00403 x 10¹⁰
• 1.00304 x10^-10