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Worksheets8.EE.A.3 Scientific Notation No Calc
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
In 2007, approximately 3,380,000 people visited the Statue of Liberty. Express this number in scientific notation.
0.388 x 107
3.38 x 106
33.8 x 105
338 x 104
The average distance from Saturn to the Sun is 890,800,000 miles. Express this number in scientific notation.
8908 x 108
8908 x 105
8.908 x 108
8.908 x 105
The approximate population of Los Angeles is 3.8 x 106 people. Express this number in standard notation.
380,000
3,800,000
38,000,000
380,000,000
The approximate population of Kazakhstan is 1.53 x 107 people. Express this number in standard notation.
153,000
1,530,000
15,300,000
153,000,000
The typical human body contains about 2.5 x 10−3 kilograms of zinc. Express this amount in standard form.
0.00025 kilograms
0.0025 kilograms
0.025 kilograms
0.25 kilograms
Red light has a wavelength of 650 x 10−9 meters. Express the wavelength in scientific notation.
65.0 x 10−10 meters
65.0 x 10−8 meters
6.50 x 10−7 meters
6.50 x 10−11 meters
A strand of hair from a human head is approximately 1 x 10−4 meters thick. What fraction of a meter is this?
1/100
1/1,000
1/10,000
1/100,000
Which of the following numbers has the greatest value?
8.93x103
8.935x102
8.935x103
89.35 x 101
Which of the following numbers has the least value?
−1.56x102
−1.56x103
1.56x102
1.56 x 103
Which of the following are correctly written in scientific notation? Select all options.
0.032 x 105
11.002 x 10−1
1.23 x 105
9.625x10−7
Change 2,347,000,000 from standard form to scientific notation.
2.347 x 109
2.347 x 108
23.47 x 108
0.2347 x 1010
Convert 0.0000687 to scientific notation.
6.87x10−5
6.87x10−4
6.87x10−6
6.87x10−3
7,000,000
10,000,000
10,000
3,000,000
300,000
30,000
10,000
100,000
0.0026
6,000
0.185008
205,420
45,305
59,549
0.00067
69,237
0.00058
