Free Printable 8.EE.3 & 8.EE.4 Scientific Notation Quiz

1.

A commercial airplane flies from New York City to Miami, Florida. Which best represents the average speed of the airplane during flight?

a)

5.5 × 10⁻² miles per hour

b)

5.5 × 10¹ feet per hour

c)

5.5 × 10³ miles per hour

d)

5.5 × 10³ feet per hour

2.

A nanometer can be expressed as 2 × 10⁻⁹ meter, and a millimeter can be expressed as 2 × 10⁻³ meter. Which statement is true?

a)

A millimeter is 1,000 times greater than a nanometer.

b)

A millimeter is 1,000,000 times greater than a nanometer.

c)

A nanometer is 1,000 times greater than a millimeter.

d)

A nanometer is 1,000,000 times greater than a millimeter.

3.

Grace and Kai are discussing the cruising altitude of commercial airplanes. What is the most reasonable estimate for the cruising altitude of a commercial airplane?

a)

1.5 × 10² inches

b)

1.5 × 10 meters

c)

1.5 × 10⁴ meters

d)

1.5 × 10⁵ inches

4.

The population of California is about 4 × 10⁷ people. The population of Wyoming is about 6 × 10⁵ people. Approximately how many times larger is the population of California than Wyoming?

a)

0.015

b)

0.067

c)

67

d)

150

5.

The distance of Mars from the Sun is 1.416 × 10^8 miles. The distance of Saturn from the Sun is 8.886 × 10^8 miles. How many times farther away from the Sun is Saturn than Mars?

a)

0.63 times farther

b)

6.3 times farther

c)

63 times farther

d)

630 times farther

6.

Which of the following equations is correct?

a)

$3.5\cdot\left(3.5\times10^{-2}\right)=12.25$

b)

$35,000·(3.5\times10^{-1})=1.225\times10^3$

c)

$(3.5\times10^{−3})·(3.5\times10^2)=1.225\times10^0$

d)

$(3.5\times10^{−4})·(3.5\times10^4)=1.225\times10^0$

7.

Which number is correctly written in scientific notation?

a)

5.67 x 10⁵

b)

56.7 x 10³

c)

0.567 x 10⁶

8.

A cell's length is about $0.000007 m$ . How is this length expressed in scientific notation?

a)

$7 \times 10^{-6} m$

b)

$7 \times 10^{-5} m$

c)

$7 \times 10^{-7} m$

d)

$7 \times 10^{-8} m$

9.

Imagine Michael, Ethan, and Oliver are working in a large bookstore. They find out that the bookstore has an impressive 463,100 books! Can you help them figure out the value of the exponent when this number is written in scientific notation?

(a)

10.

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

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following numbers is the largest?

a)

$2.1 \times 10^3$

b)

$3.5 \times 10^4$

c)

$1.2 \times 10^5$

d)

$4.8 \times 10^2$

12.

$\left(5.3\times10^8\right)-\left(4.6\times10^6\right)$

a)

$5.336\times10^8$

b)

$5.254\times10^8$

c)

$5.274\times10^8$

d)

$.5376\times10^8$

13.

a)

2.1 x 10⁶

b)

2.1 x 10^-6

c)

9.9 x 10⁶

d)

9.9 x 10^-6

14.

Which of the following numbers is the largest?

a)

$2.1 \times 10^3$

b)

$3.5 \times 10^4$

c)

$1.2 \times 10^5$

d)

$4.8 \times 10^2$

15.

The mass of the earth is approximately 6 x 10^24 kilograms. The mass of the sun is approximately 2 x 10^30. Which statement is true?

a)

The mass of the sun is about 3 times the mass of the earth.

b)

The mass of the sun is about 3 x 10^7 times the mass of the earth.

c)

The mass of the sun is about 3.3 x 10^6 times the mass of the earth.

d)

The mass of the sun is about 3.3 x 10^5 times the mass of the earth.

8.EE.3 & 8.EE.4 Scientific Notation Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

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