8.EE.A.4 Operations with Scientific Notation

The US spends an average of 1.02x10⁴ dollars on each student per year.  There are about 7.6x10⁷ students in the US.  About how much money total is spent on students per year?

• 7.752 x 10¹¹
• 7.752 x 10²⁸
• 8.62 x 10¹¹
• 8.62 x 10²⁸

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The mass of he sun is 1.989 x 10³⁰ kilograms. The mass of the earth is 5.98 x 10²⁴ kilograms. How many times bigger is the sun than the earth?

• 3.326 x 10⁵
• 3.326 x 10⁶
• 1.99 x 10³⁰
• 1.99 x 10⁶

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By area, Russia is the largest country in the world. It has an area of 8.649 x 10⁶ square miles. Canada is second with 4.797 x 10⁶ square miles. What is the difference in area?

• 3.852 x 10⁶ square miles
• 3.852 x 10⁰ square miles
• 1.803 x 10⁶ square miles
• 1.803 x 10¹ square miles

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Write the answer in scientific notation.
7.3 x 10⁵  +   3.7 x 10⁵  =

• 11.0 x 10⁵
• 1.1 x 10¹⁰
• 1.10 x 10¹¹
• 1.1 x 10 ⁶

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Write the answer in scientific notation.
5 x 10⁸ -   3.4 x 10⁸  =

• 2.4 x 10⁸
• 2.4 x 10⁰
• 1.6 x 10⁰
• 1.6 x 10⁸

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Divide:
(6.9 x 10⁷) / (2.3 x 10^-3)

• 3 x 10¹⁰
• 3 x 10⁴
• 3 x 10^-4
• 3 x 10^-11

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Multiply:
(9.4 x 10⁶)(3.2 x 10⁵)

• 30.08 x 10¹¹
• 3.8 x 10¹
• 3.008 x 10¹²
• 2.9375 x 10¹

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What do you do to your exponents when you are dividing in scientific notation?

• Subtract

• Divide

• Multiply

• Add

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Dividing

What do you do to your exponents when you are multiplying in scientific notation?

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

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Multiplying