Writing in Scientific Notation

Front

What is scientific notation?

Back

A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, using powers of ten.

Front

How do you convert a small decimal to scientific notation?

Back

Move the decimal point to the right until you have a number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved. The exponent will be negative.

Front

How do you convert a large number to scientific notation?

Back

Move the decimal point to the left until you have a number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved. The exponent will be positive.

Front

Express 0.000457 in scientific notation.

Back

4.57 x 10^-4

Front

Express 0.0005 in scientific notation.

Back

5 x 10^-4

Front

Express 23,948 in scientific notation.

Back

2.3948 x 10^4

Front

Express 520,000,000 in scientific notation.

Back

5.2 x 10^8

Front

What is the general form of scientific notation?

Back

A x 10^n, where 1 ≤ A < 10 and n is an integer.

Front

Convert 0.00003 to scientific notation.

Back

3 x 10^-5

Front

Convert 1,200,000 to scientific notation.

Back

1.2 x 10^6