Scientific Notation and Standard Form Quiz

What happens to the decimal point when you multiply a number by 10 to a positive power?

• It disappears.

• It stays in the same place.

• It moves to the right.

• It moves to the left.

How do you convert 1.9 times 10 to the first power into standard form?

• 0.19

• 19

• 190

• 1.9

What is the standard form of 8.24 times 10 to the first power?

• 8.24

• 82.4

• 824

• 0.824

When converting 3.67 times 10 to the third power to standard form, what is the result?

• 36700

• 3670

• 367

• 36.7

What is the standard form of 4.35 times 10 to the second power?

• 4.35

• 4350

• 435

• 43.5

How many decimal places do you move to convert 332 into scientific notation?

• Four places to the left

• Two places to the left

• Three places to the left

• One place to the left

What is the scientific notation for 582?

• 58.2 times 10 to the second power

• 5.82 times 10 to the first power

• 5.82 times 10 to the second power

• 58.2 times 10 to the first power

How do you express 54.9 in scientific notation?

• 54.9 times 10 to the first power

• 54.9 times 10 to the second power

• 5.49 times 10 to the second power

• 5.49 times 10 to the first power

What is the key rule for writing a number in scientific notation?

• Three digits before the decimal point

• No digits before the decimal point

• One digit before the decimal point

• Two digits before the decimal point

In scientific notation, what does the exponent indicate?

• The number of times to multiply by 2

• The number of digits in the number

• The number of decimal places to move

• The number of zeros to add