Converting Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A method of expressing numbers as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10.

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What is the first part of scientific notation?

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A number between 1 and 10.

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What is the second part of scientific notation?

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A power of 10.

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True or False: The number 13.5 x 10⁸ is in scientific notation.

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False

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True or False: Scientific notation can only represent positive numbers.

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False

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Convert 43,000,000 to scientific notation.

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4.3 x 10⁷

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What is the purpose of scientific notation?

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To simplify the representation of very large or very small numbers.

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True or False: In scientific notation, the first part must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

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True

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What is the scientific notation for 0.00056?

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5.6 x 10^-4

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How do you convert a number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to create a number between 1 and 10, then count the number of places moved to determine the power of 10.