Scientific Notation Word problem Practice

The distance from the Earth to the sun is 9.3 X 10⁶ miles. The distance from the Earth to the moon is 3 X 10⁵ miles. How many times bigger is the distance from Earth to the sun than the distance from Earth to the moon - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

The temperature halfway to the Sun from Mercury is approximately 1,800 °C, and scientists theorize that it may be up to 2.6 x 10⁴ times hotter at the center of the Sun. Approximately how hot is it at the center of the Sun - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

Each shrimp weighs approximately 0.00027 and a shrimp company can bring in over 3,100,000,000 shrimp per year. Approximately how much would that many shrimp weigh - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction

The Earth has a mass of about 1 × 10²⁵ kg. Neptune has a mass of 1.8 × 10²⁷ kg. How many times bigger is Neptune than Earth - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

A country has an area of approximately 8,400,000,000 square miles and has approximately 2.1 x 10⁵ people. How much area is this per person - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

The US spends an average $10,200 dollars on each student per year. There are about 7.7 x 10⁷ students in the United States. About how much money total is spent on students each year - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multipliation

• Division

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

McDonald’s has about 210,000 managers and each makes on average 39,000 dollars per year. How much money does McDonald’s spend on managers each year - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A blue whale can eat 3.0 x 10⁸ krill in a day. All of that krill weighs approximately 6,300,000,000 mg. About how much does each krill weigh - what operation should you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Tim Tebow has 1.2 x 10⁶ followers on Instagram, and Miss Foster has 7.34 x 10². How many more followers does Tim Tebow have than Miss Foster - what operation would you use to solve this problem?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.8.EE.A.4

“Shake It Off” has been streamed approximately 2.3 x 10⁸ times on Spotify, and “Bad Blood” has been played approximately 4.7 x 10⁷ times. How many times have both songs been streamed in total?

• 2.77 x 10⁸

• 2.3 x 10⁸

• 4.7 x 10⁷

• 1.83 x 10⁸

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