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Scientific and Standard Notations

Authored by Barbara White

Mathematics

7th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Scientific and Standard Notations
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Scientific notation is used for....

shortening a very small or very large number

scientists only

scientific investigations

not sure

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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What is this number in scientific notation?

7,100, 000, 000

(hint: study the image above)

7.1 x 109

7.1 x 10-10

7.1 x 1010

7.1 x 10-9

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is true when converting from scientific to standard notation? (select all that apply)

move the decimal to the right if the exponent is negative

move the decimal to the left if the exponent is positive

move the decimal to the right if the exponent is positive

move the decimal to the left if the exponent is negative

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

How many spaces and which way would you move the decimal to convert this number to scientific notation?

0.000000034

7 to the right, because there are 7 zeroes

8 to the right, because there must be one number to the left of the decimal point that is more than 0 but less than 10

7 to the left, because you have to get rid of the zeroes

8 to the left, because there are 8 numbers to make it 3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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The picture above is taken from a powerful microscope showing colonies of bacteria. The size of bacteria can be as small as 2.0 x 10 ^ -7 meters. What is this number in standard notation?

2,000,000

0.000002

20,000,000

0.0000002

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

UNDERSTANDING

If the exponent is a positive number...

you will get a large number

you will get a small number

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

UNDERSTANDING:

The first number in scientific notation must not be...

between and including 0 and 10

between and including 1 and 9.9999

between and including 0 and 9.999

between and including 1 and 10

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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