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Scientific Notation - Georgia Milestone Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 24mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

a)

20.35 x 104

b)

.2035 x 104

c)

2035 4

d)

2.035 x104

2.

How would you write 564,000,000 in scientific notation?

a)

5.64 x 10-7

b)

5.64 x 106

c)

5.64 x 108

d)

56.4 x 107

3.

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

a)

50 x 105

b)

5 x 10-4

c)

5 x 103

d)

.5 x 10-3

4.

How would you write 4.3756 x 104 in standard form?

a)

437,560,000

b)

0.00043756

c)

43,756

d)

4,3756

5.

How would you write -5.6 x 10-3 in standard form?

a)

0.0056

b)

-5,600

c)

0.00056

d)

-0.0056

6.

Multiply:

(3.4 x 105)(1.2 x 10-3)

a)

4.08 x 10-8

b)

4.8 x 102

c)

4.08 x 102

d)

4.08 x 10-15

7.

Divide:

(6.9 x 107) / (2.3 x 10-3)

a)

3 x 1010

b)

3 x 104

c)

3 x 10-4

d)

3 x 10-11

8.

Solve:

(2.1×10​2​​) × (3.0×10​4)

a)

5.1 x 102

b)

6.3 x 106

c)

5.1 x 106

d)

6.3 x 108

9.

Express the following in scientific notation:

.000457

a)

457 x 106

b)

457 x 10-6

c)

4.57 x104

d)

4.57 x 10-4

10.

Convert to scientific notation:

520,000,000

a)

52 x 107

b)

5.2 x 107

c)

5.2 x 108

d)

0.52 x 109

11.

UNDERSTANDING:

The first number in scientific notation must be...

a)

between and including 0 and 10

b)

between and including 1 and 9.9999

c)

between and including 0 and 9.999

d)

between and including 1 and 10

12.

A rectangular section of land made up of wheat farms measures 5 x 104 meters and a width of 6 x 103 meters. What is the area of land in square meters? [Area = length x width]

What operation do you use?

a)

addition

b)

subtraction

c)

multiplication

d)

division

13.

Neptune is approximately 5 x 104 kilometers in diameter. Mars is approximately 7 x 103 kilometers in diameter. How much larger is the diameter of Neptune compared to the diameter of Mars?

What operation would you use?

a)

addition

b)

subtraction

c)

multiplication

d)

division

14.

A computer's hard disk drive holds 8 x 107 bytes of information. If Jill buys an extra memory stick that holds 3 x 106 bytes of information, how much memory will the computer hold?

a)

11 x 1013

b)

11 x 107

c)

8.3 x 1013

d)

8.3 x 107

15.

The Diplodocus dinosaur is believed to have become extinct approximately 1.38x108 years ago. The Oviraptor is believed to have become extinct approximately 7x107 years ago. How many years were there between the extinction of these two dinosaur types?

a)

6.8 x 108

b)

6.8 x 109

c)

68 x 108

d)

6.8 x 107

16.

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?

a)

7.752 x 1011

b)

7.752 x 1028

c)

8.62 x 1011

d)

8.62 x 1028