Scientific Notation Multiplication and Division Word Problems

The US spends an average of 1.02x10⁴ dollars on each student per year.  There are about 7.6x10⁷ students in the US.  About how much money total is spent on students per year?

• 7.752 x 10¹¹

• 7.752 x 10²⁸

• 8.62 x 10¹¹

• 8.62 x 10²⁸

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As part of a community service project, a class planted 7x10⁵  trees in a year.  If there are 3.5x10³ students in the school, how many trees did each student plant?

• 2 x 10⁸

• 2 x 10²

• 3.5 x 10⁸

• 3.5 x 10²

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The Colorado Department of Education spent about 4.408 x 10⁹ in fiscal year 2004-2005 on public schools.  There were about 7.6 x 10⁵ students enrolled in public school.  What was the average spending per student? 

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

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A factory can make 3 × 10⁴ t-shirts per day, how many t-shirts will it make in 2.5 ×10² days?

• 7.5 × 10⁶ t-shirts

• 7.5 × 10⁴ t-shirts

• 75 × 10⁵ t-shirts

• none of these

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Solve:
\frac{6\times10^6}{2\times10^3}

• 12 x 10³

• 3 x 10⁹

• 1.2 x 10⁴

• 3 x 10³

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In the year 2000, the United States public debt was about 5.6 x 10¹² dollars.  The population of the United States in that year was about 2.8 x 10⁸ people.  What was the average debt per person?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

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(9 x 10⁶) \ (3 x 10²⁾

• 27 x 10⁴

• 2.7 x 10⁵

• 3 x 10¹²

• 3 x 10⁴

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As part of a community service project,

a school planted 7x10⁵ trees in a year.

If there are 3.5x10³ students in the school,

approximately how many trees did

each student plant?

• 703 trees per student

• 695 trees per student

• 245 trees per student

• 200 trees per student

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(2 x 10⁹)(4 x 10^-4)

• 8 x 10¹³

• 8 x 10³⁶

• 8 x 10⁵

• 8 x 10^-36

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(8.4 * 10⁶)/(2.1 * 10³)

• 0.4 * 10⁴

• 400 * 10^-3

• 4 * 10³

• 4 * 10²

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