Scientific Notation and Operations

When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be greater than 1, but less than 10.

• False
• True

The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of ____.

• 50
• 5
• 100
• 10

How would you write 4.3756 x 10⁴ in standard form?

• 437,560,000
• 0.00043756
• 43,756
• 4,3756

Write 1.09 x 10^-4 in standard notation.

• 1,090

• 10,900

• 0.000109

• 0.0109

Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000  

• 52 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁸
• 0.52 x 10⁹

The Statue of Liberty weighs 450,000 pounds. What is this number written in scientific notation?

• 4.5 x 10^-5
• 45 x 10^-4
• 45 x 10⁴
• 4.5 x 10⁵

Write 0.54 x 10⁵ in scientific notation.

• 5.4 x 10⁶

• 5.4 x 10⁵

• 5.4 x 10⁴

• 54 x 10³

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵
• 5 x 10^-4
• 5 x 10⁴
• .5 x 10³

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

• 8, 371, 000
• 83, 170, 000
• 837, 100
• 8, 317, 000

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

• 20.35 x 10⁴
• .2035 x 10⁴
• 2035 ⁴
• 2.035 x10⁴