Scientific Notation

What is 2.8 x 10^-4 in standard notation?

• 28,000

• 280,000

• .00028

• .000028

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

What does a negative exponent mean in scientific notation? (example:  1.19 x 10^-3)

• It means the number is very large

• It means the number is very small

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

What is 1 in scientific notation?

• 1

• 1 x 10^-1

• 1 x 10^-1

• 1 x 10⁰

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

Write in standard form: 
8 x 10⁴

• 8,000

• 80,000

• .00008

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

Write in standard form: 
6.254 x 10⁶

• 6,254,000

• 6,254,000,000

• 625,400

Write in standard form: 
7.3003 x 10^-5

• .000073003

• .0000073003

• 730,030

Write in scientific notation: 
0.0000378 

• 3.78 x 10^-5

• 3.78 x 10^-6

• 0.378 x 10^-5

Write 9,450,000 in scientific notation.

• 9.45 x 10⁴

• 9.45 x 10⁵

• 9.45 x 10⁶

• .945 x 10⁷

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be greater than 1, but less than 10.

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3

Light travels at a rate of 186,000 miles per second.  Write this number in scientific notation.

• 1.86 x 10⁵

• 1.86 x 10⁴

• 18.6 x 10⁴

• 186 x 10³

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.A.3