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Scientific Notation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

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Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first part should be a number between 1 and 100.

True

False

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The second part is a power of base 10.

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False

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

False

True

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

20.35 x 10⁴

.2035 x 10⁴

2035⁴

2.035 x10⁴

Write 7.113 x 10⁷ in standard form.

71,130,00

7,113,000

0.0000007113

7,113

Write 0.00000707 in scientific notation.

7.07 x 10^-6

7.07 x 10⁶

707 x 10⁸

707 x 10^-8

Write 2.08 x 10²in standard form.

208

0.0208

20,800

0.208

Write 7.8 x 10^-3in standard form.

0.0078

7,800

0.078

Write 8.73 x 10^-4in standard form.

0.000873

0.0873

87,300

8,730

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Write 6,700 in scientific notation.

6.7 x 10³

6.7 x10^-3

67 x 10²

67 x 10^-2

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Write 0.037 in scientific notation.

3.7 x 10^-2

3.7 x 10²

37 x 10^-3

37 x 10³

12.

Arrange the numbers from least to greatest:
216,000,000 ; 2.2 x 10³; 3.1 x 10⁷ ; 310,000

2.2 x 10³; 310,000; 3.1 x 10⁷ ; 216,000,000

310,000 ; 2.2 x 10³ ; 3.1 x 10⁷; 216,000,000

3.1 x 10⁷ ; 310,000; 2.2 x 10³; 216,000,000

2.2 x 10³ ; 3.1 x 10⁷ ; 310,000 ; 216,000,000

13.

The table shows the mass in grams of one atom of each of several elements. List the elements in order from the least mass to greatest mass per atom.

hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, silver, gold

hydrogen, oxygen, gold, siver, carbon

carbon, oxygen, silver, gold, hydrogen

gold, oxygen, carbon, silver, hydrogen

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On average, Mercury is about 57,000,000 km from the sun, whereas Neptune is about km from the sun. What is the difference between Neptune’s and Mercury’s distances from the sun?

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Find the combined mass of Earth and Venus. Earth is approximately 5.9 x 10²⁴ kg and Venus is approximately 4.9 x 10²⁴ kg.

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The Colorado Department of Education spent about 4.408 x 10⁹ in fiscal year 2004-2005 on public schools. There were about 7.6 x 10⁵ students enrolled in public school. What was the average spending per student?

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In the year 2000, the United States public debt was about 5.6 x 10¹² dollars. The population of the United States in that year was about 2.8 x 10⁸ people. What was the average debt per person?

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There are approximately 3.1 x 10⁸ people in the United States. If each person has 4.1 x 10¹ coins, how many coins are there altogether?

1.271 x 10¹⁰

1.271 x 10⁹

1.271 x 10¹¹

1.271 x 10⁸

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A microgram is equal to 1 x 10 ^-6grams. How many times greater than a microgram is 1 x 10²grams?

1 x 10^-8

1 x 10^-4

1 x 10⁴

1 x 10⁸

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BONUS: The Diplodocus dinosaur is believed to have become extinct approximately 1.38x10⁸years ago. The Oviraptor is believed to have become extinct approximately 7x10⁷years ago. How many years were there between the extinction of these two dinosaur types?

6.8 x 10⁸

6.8 x 10⁹

68 x 10⁸

6.8 x 10⁷

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Scientific Notation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

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