Scientific Notation Study Guide

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

• 1.0001 x 10⁴
• 1.01 x 10⁵
• 1.001 x 10³
• 10.1 x 10³

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

• 8, 371, 000
• 83, 170, 000
• 837, 100
• 8, 317, 000

Express the following in standard notation:

8.025 x 10^-8

• .00000008025

• .000000008025

• 802,500,000,000

• 80,250,000,000

Which of the following in the LARGEST number?

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

Write 0.000972 in scientific notation.

• 9.72 x 10^-4
• 9.72 x 10^-3
• 972 x 10^-4
• 9.72 x 10⁴

Which of the following numbers is the SMALLEST?

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

7.82 x 10^-6 is an example of scientific notation. The exponent of -6 tells you your number will be very ________.

• Large
• Small
• Basic

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

• Larger
• Smaller

The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of ____.

• 50
• 5
• 100
• 10

• 0.67

• 67

• 670

• 6.1