Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, using powers of ten.

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How do you convert a number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point in the number until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal point, then multiply by 10 raised to the number of places the decimal was moved.

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What is the scientific notation for 564,000,000?

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5.64 x 10^8

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How do you convert scientific notation to standard notation?

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Multiply the coefficient by 10 raised to the exponent to get the standard form.

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Convert 8 x 10^2 to standard notation.

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800

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What is the standard form of 4.3756 x 10^4?

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43,756

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How do you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

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5 x 10^-4

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Convert 670,400 to scientific notation.

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6.704 x 10^5

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What is the exponent in scientific notation?

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The exponent indicates how many places to move the decimal point.

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What does a negative exponent mean in scientific notation?

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A negative exponent indicates that the number is less than one and the decimal point is moved to the left.