Scientific Notation

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10^-5

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10³

• .5 x 10³

Convert to scientific notation:

520,000,000

• 52 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10^-7

• 5.2 x 10⁸

• 0.52 x 10⁹

What is scientific notation?

• A long way to write really short numbers

• A short way to write really large or really small numbers

• I don't know...

• None of the above

Convert this number into scientific notation:

0.068

• 6.9 x 10⁶

• 6.8 x 10^-9

• 6.8 x 10^-2

• None of the above

Convert this number into scientific notation:

950,000

• 9.5 x 10⁵

• 9.5 x 10^-9

• 9.5 x 10²

• None of the above

Change from standard form to scientific notation:  450,000

• 4.5  x  10⁵
• 45  x  10⁵
• 4.5  x  10⁴
• 4.5  x  10⁶

Change from standard form to scientific notation:  0.000398

• 39.8  x  10^-5
• 3.98  x  10^-5
• 3.98  x  10^-4
• 39.8  x  10^-6

Change from standard form to scientific notation: 0.004078

• 4.078  x  10^-3
• 4.078  x  10³
• 40.78  x  10^-4
• .4078  x  10^-2

125,678,000: Change to scientific notation

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

Try to change the number back to standard form:  6.79  x  10⁴

• 679,000
• 6,790
• 67,900
• 6,790,000