Stations 5

Which of the following is NOT true of scientific notation?

• The number in front must be between 1 and 9.9
• The exponent tells you how many times the decimal was moved
• It shortens big numbers
• It doesn't always contain x10

What is 9.2 x 10⁴ in standard notation?

• 9,200
• 92,000
• 920,000
• 920

What is 416,000,000 in scientific notation?

• 4.16 x 10⁸
• 4.16 x 10⁹
• 4.16 x 10^-8
• 4.16 x 10^-9

What does a negative exponent mean in scientific notation? (example:  1.19 x 10^-3)

• It means the number is very large
• It means the number is very small

What is 2.8 x 10³ in standard notation?

• 28,000
• 2,800
• .0028
• .00028

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

• Larger
• Smaller

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

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

Which of the following in the LARGEST number?

• 9 x 10⁶
• 8 x 10¹⁰
• 1.3 x 10¹²
• 5.3 x 10³

Which of the following numbers is the SMALLEST?

• 8.7 x 10³
• 3 x 10⁴
• 1.3 x 10⁸
• 9 x 10²

How many numbers can be in front of the decimal if the number is in correct scientific notation?

• Only a Zero

• One

• Two

• Any amount