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Scientific Notation and Significant Figures

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

False

b)

True

2.

What is 7.89 x 10-8 written in regular notation?

a)

0.0000000789

b)

0.789

c)

0.00000789

d)

0.000000000789

3.

What is 23400 in scientific notation?

a)

2.34 x 104

b)

2.3 x 103

c)

2.30 x 105

d)

2.34 x 103

4.

Which of the following numbers is written in correct scientific notation?

a)

20.35 x 104

b)

.2035 x 104

c)

2035 4

d)

2.035 x104

5.

What is the correct scientific notation for the number 0.000044?

a)

4.4 x 105

b)

44 x 104

c)

44 x 10-4

d)

4.4 x 10-5

6.

What is 1.26 x 103 in regular notation?

a)

1260

b)

126

c)

126.0

d)

12.6

7.

What is 67,400,000 in scientific notation?

a)

6.74 x 107

b)

67.4 x 106

c)

6.74 x 10-7

d)

674 x 105

8.

What is 0.000044 written in scientific notation?

a)

4.4 x 105

b)

44 x 104

c)

44 x 10-4

d)

4.4 x 10-5

9.

How many significant figures does the measurement 0.998005 cm have?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

6

d)

5

10.

How many significant figures does the measurement 1.90 L have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

11.

How many significant figures does the measurement 0.002040 g have?

a)

6

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

12.

Which of the following measurements has 4 significant figures?

a)

1010 cm

b)

0.0055 L

c)

5000 in

d)

101.0 sec

13.

How many significant figures does the measurement 405,000 kg have?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

3

14.

How many significant figures does the measurement 0.00008770 sec have?

a)

8

b)

4

c)

3

d)

7

15.

How many significant figures does the measurement 10.0 in have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

How many significant figures does the measurement 4.56 x 103 m have?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

6

d)

3

17.

How many significant figures does the measurement 0.002040 m have?

a)

6

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

18.

How many significant figures does the measurement 100,000 cm have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

19.

How many significant figures does the measurement 3.50 km have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

20.

How many significant figures does the measurement 100.00 mL have?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5