Part 2: Exponents and Roots

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What is scientific notation?

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Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form. It is written as a product of a number (between 1 and 10) and a power of 10.

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How do you convert a number to scientific notation?

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To convert a number to scientific notation, move the decimal point to create a number between 1 and 10, and count how many places you moved it. If you moved it to the left, the exponent is positive; if to the right, it's negative.

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Estimate the number 0.000045 in scientific notation.

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4.5 \times 10^{-5}

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What is the product of two powers with the same base?

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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What is the definition of an exponent?

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Express 5,000,000 in scientific notation.

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