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

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The second part is a power of base 10.

• True
• False

When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be greater than 1, but less than 10.

• False
• True

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

What is it called when you go from this form to this next form?
0.0088 to 8.8 x 10³

• Standard form to scientific notation
• Scientific notation to regular form
• Scientific notation to standard form
• Standard form to regular form

When your exponent is negative, you move your decimal....

• to the right
• to the left
• to both sides
• nowhere.... the decimal goes nowhere

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