Scientific Notation Story Problems

The mass of he sun is 1.989 x 10³⁰ kilograms. The mass of the earth is 5.98 x 10²⁴ kilograms. How many times bigger is the sun than the earth?

• 3.326 x 10⁵
• 3.326 x 10⁶
• 1.99 x 10³⁰
• 1.99 x 10⁶

There are approximately 3.1 x 10⁸ people in the United States. If each person has 4.1 x 10¹ coins, how many coins are there altogether?

• 1.271 x 10¹⁰
• 1.271 x 10⁹
• 1.271 x 10¹¹
• 1.271 x 10⁸

A factory can make 3 × 10⁴ t-shirts per day, how many t-shirts will it make in 2.5 ×10² days?

• 7.5 × 10⁶ t-shirts

• 7.5 × 10⁴ t-shirts

• 75 × 10⁵ t-shirts

• none of these

A corporation earned a profit of $2.5 × 10⁴ for 1 × 10³ days in a row. What was the corporation’s total profit during this time period?

• 2.5 million

• 250 million

• 1.2 million

• 26,000

The population of Crowded Town is 4 × 10⁶ and the population of Empty Village is 8 × 10³. How many times greater is the population of Crowded Town compared to Empty Village?

• 3.2 x 10¹⁰

• 500

• .002

• 2