65 - Accel Warm Up - 12/9

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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 decimal 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 count the number of places moved and use that as the exponent of 10.

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Convert 0.0005 to scientific notation.

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5 x 10^-4

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What is standard form in mathematics?

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Standard form is a way of writing numbers using digits, where the number is expressed as a whole number or a decimal.

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Convert 8.15 x 10^6 to standard form.

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8,150,000

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What does the absolute value of a number represent?

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The distance of that number from zero on the number line, regardless of direction.

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What is the absolute value of -15?

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15

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Is it true that -|8| = 8?

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False

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Is it true that |-15| = -15?

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False

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What is an inequality?

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A mathematical statement that compares two expressions and shows that one is greater than, less than, or not equal to the other.