Large and Small Numbers as a Power of 10

Write 9 in scientific notation.

What is a common method of making computations involving very large or very small numbers more manageable?

• Multiply the decimal by the desired denominator. The result becomes the numerator in the fraction.

• Convert the numbers into scientific notation by using powers of 10.

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How is 100,000 as a power of 10?

• 10^5.

• 3.1416.

• Multiply the number by itself.

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A compact way of writing numbers with absolute values that are very large or very small. For example: 5500⋅10³

(a)  

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In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor. In 10³, it is 3.

(a)  

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How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

• 8, 371, 000

• 83, 170, 000

• 837, 100

• 8, 317, 000

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Express the following in scientific notation:
0.000457

• 457 x 10⁶

• 457 x 10^-6

• 4.57 x10⁴

• 4.57 x 10^-4

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Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000  

• 52 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10⁸

• 0.52 x 10⁹

How would you write 5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

• 56,000

• 5,600

• 0.00056

• 0.0056

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When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be between 1 and 9.

• False

• True

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