Scientific Notation and Exponents

How would you write 4.3756 x 10⁴ in standard form?

• 437,560,000

• 0.00043756

• 43,756

• 4.0003756

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10^-5

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10^-3

• .5 x 10³

How would you write -5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

• 0.0056
• -5,600
• 0.00056
• -0.0056

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first part should be a number between 1 and 100.

• True
• False

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

• 50
• 5
• 100
• 10

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

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

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

• 20.35 x 10⁴
• .2035 x 10⁴
• 2035 ⁴
• 2.035 x10⁴

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

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