Scientific Notation and Standard Form

Write in standard form:

8 x 10⁴

• 8,000

• 80,000

• .00008

Write in standard form: 
8 x 10⁴

• 8,000
• 80,000
• .00008

Write in scientific notation: 
0.0000378 

• 3.78 x 10^-5
• 3.78 x 10^-6
• 0.378 x 10^-5

How would you write 4.3756 x 10⁴ in standard form?

• 437,560,000
• 0.00043756
• 43,756

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Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000  

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

7. "Ten to the sixth power" is also known as…

• a. One hundred thousand
• b. One million
• c. One millionth
• d. One billion

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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

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Express the following in standard notation:

8.025 x 10^-8

• .00000008025

• .000000008025

• 802,500,000,000

• 80,250,000,000

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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

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UNDERSTANDING
If the exponent is a negative number...

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

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