Operations With Scientific Notation

Dylan traveled 1 × 10⁵ miles last year. This year he has traveled 3 × 10⁷ miles. How many miles has he traveled altogether the past two years?

• 3.0 x 10¹² miles 

• 4.0 x 10¹² miles

• 3.01 x 10⁷ miles

• 3.10 x 10⁷ miles

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The Disney Online store sold 2 x 10⁴ Anna dolls last year.  They also sold 8 x 10⁴ Elsa dolls.  How many more Elsa dolls were sold than Anna dolls?

• 4.0 x 10⁰ more dolls

• 10 x 10⁴ more dolls

• 6.0 x 10⁴ more dolls

• 6.0 x 10⁰ more dolls

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Write 1.09 x 10^-4 in standard notation.

• 1,090

• 10,900

• 0.000109

• 0.0109

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Write 0.54 x 10⁵ in scientific notation.

• 5.4 x 10⁶

• 5.4 x 10⁵

• 5.4 x 10⁴

• 54 x 10³

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Multiply.

Write the answer in scientific notation.

(2 x 10⁹)(4 x 10⁴)

• 8 x 10⁵

• 6 x 10¹³

• 8 x 10¹³

• 8 x 10³⁶

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Write the answer in scientific notation.

5 x 10¹²

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2 x 10⁶

• 2.5 x 10²

• 2.5 x 10⁶

• 3 x 10²

• 2.5 x 10¹⁸

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The mass of a substance is 8 X 10⁹ micrograms. If one microgram is equal to 1 X 10^-6 grams, what is its mass in grams?

• 1.25 X 10^-15 grams

• 1.25 X 10^-3 grams

• 8 X 10³ grams

• 8 X 10¹⁵ grams

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A box contains 5 X 10³ paper clips. The mass of each paper clip is 8 X 10^-4 kilograms. What is the combined mass of the paper clips in the box?

• 4 kilograms

• 40 kilograms

• 4 X 10⁷ kilograms

• 4 X 10^-7 kilograms

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Write the answer in scientific notation.

4.1 x 10⁵ + 5.5 x 10⁶ =

• 5.91 x 10⁶

• 9.6 x 10⁵

• 9.6 x 10¹¹

• 4.65 x 10⁵

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Find the difference.

(3.8 x 10⁴) - (2 x 10³)

• 1.8 x 10⁴

• 1.8 x 10¹

• 3.6 x 10¹

• 3.6 x 10⁴

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