Scientific Notation and Standard Form

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What is scientific notation?

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A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, using powers of ten.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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How do you convert a number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point in the number until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal point, then multiply by 10 raised to the number of places the decimal was moved.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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What is standard form?

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The usual way of writing numbers without using exponents, where the number is expressed in its full decimal form.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

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Convert 4.3756 x 10^4 to standard form.

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43,756

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How do you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

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5 x 10^-4

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Convert 1001 to scientific notation.

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1.001 x 10^3

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Which of the following is correct scientific notation: 20.35 x 10^4, .2035 x 10^4, 2035^4, 2.035 x 10^4?

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2.035 x 10^4

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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Express 0.0000002203 in scientific notation.

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2.203 x 10^-7

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What is the purpose of scientific notation?

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To simplify the representation of very large or very small numbers for easier calculation and comparison.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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What is the general format of scientific notation?

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A x 10^n, where 1 ≤ A < 10 and n is an integer.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3