Scientific Notation Basics

Change from standard form to scientific notation: 12,000,000

• 12.0  x  10⁷

• 0.12  x  10⁷

• 1.2  x  10⁶

• 1.2  x  10⁷

Change from standard form to scientific notation:  450,000

• 4.5  x  10⁵

• 45  x  10⁵

• 4.5  x  10⁴

• 4.5  x  10⁶

Change from standard form to scientific notation: 0.004078

• 4.078  x  10^-3

• 4.078  x  10³

• 40.78  x  10^-4

• .4078  x  10^-2

Write 9.31 x 10^-5               in standard notation.

• 93,100,000

• 931,000

• 0.00000931

• 0.0000931

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

• .0001 x 10⁴

• 1.01 x 10⁵

• 1.001 x 10³

• 10.1 x 10³

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

• False

• True

Write 274,400 in scientific notation.

• 2.74400 x 10⁵

• 2.744 x 10⁵

• 2.7 x 10⁵

• 2.744000 x 10⁶

Write 0.00000202 in scientific notation.

Write 0.0003 in scientific notation.

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵

• 5 x 10^-4

• 5 x 10^-3

• .5 x 10³