Scientific Notation

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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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How do you convert a small decimal number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the right until you have a number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved. The exponent will be negative.

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Convert 0.000972 to scientific notation.

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9.72 x 10^-4

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Which of the following is in scientific notation? 8.987000, 8.98 x 10^6, 80.987 x 10, 8.98^6

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8.98 x 10^6

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Which number is the smallest? 8.7 x 10^3, 3 x 10^4, 1.3 x 10^8, 9 x 10^2

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9 x 10^2

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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 -5.6 x 10^-3 to standard form.

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-0.0056

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What is the general form of a number in scientific notation?

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A number in the form of a x 10^n, where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer.

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How do you identify if a number is in scientific notation?

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It must have one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point and be multiplied by a power of ten.

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What is the value of 3.2 x 10^5 in standard form?

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320,000