Scientific Notation Assessment

Which of the following is NOT true of scientific notation?

• The number in front must be between 1 and 9.9
• The exponent tells you how many times the decimal was moved
• It shortens big numbers
• It doesn't always contain x10

What is 9.2 x 10⁴ in standard notation?

• 9,200
• 92,000
• 920,000
• 920

What is 416,000,000 in scientific notation?

• 4.16 x 10⁸
• 4.16 x 10⁹
• 4.16 x 10^-8
• 4.16 x 10^-9

What is 2.8 x 10^-4 in standard notation?

• 28,000
• 280,000
• .00028
• .000028

What does a negative exponent mean in scientific notation? (example:  1.19 x 10^-3)

• It means the number is very large
• It means the number is very small

What is 7.0 x 10⁸ in standard notation?

• 7,000,000,000
• 70,000,000
• 700,000,000
• .000000007

What is 2.0x 10^-6 in standard notation?

• 200,000
• 2,000,000
• .000002
• .0000002

What is 1 in scientific notation?

• 1
• 1 x 10^-1
• 1 x 10^-1
• 1 x 10⁰

What is 2.8 x 10³ in standard notation?

• 28,000
• 2,800
• .0028
• .00028

Scientific notation is NOT used extensively in which of the following?

• Math
• Science
• English