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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

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10³

• .5 x 10³

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

• 20.35 x 10⁴
• .2035 x 10⁴
• 2035 ⁴
• 2.035 x10⁴

Express the following in scientific notation:
.000457

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

Which number is correctly written in scientific notation?

• 5.67 x 10⁵
• 56.7 x 10³
• 0.567 x 10⁶

Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000  

• 52 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁸
• 0.52 x 10⁹

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10³

• .5 x 10³

Scientific notation is written with a decimal multiplied by a power of 10. The number in front of the decimal can only be...

• any number

• a number from 1 to 10

• a number from 1 to 100

• a number from 0 to 9

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

• Larger
• Smaller