Scientific notation to Standard Form and v/v

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What is scientific notation?

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A method of expressing numbers as a product of a coefficient and a power of 10, making it easier to work with very large or very small numbers.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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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 its left, then count the number of places moved to determine the exponent of 10.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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What is the standard form of a number?

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The standard form is the usual way of writing numbers without exponents, where the decimal point is placed after the first non-zero digit.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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Convert 0.000457 to scientific notation.

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4.57 x 10^-4

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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What is the base used in scientific notation?

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The base used in scientific notation is always 10.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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Convert 35,000,000 to scientific notation.

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3.5 x 10^7

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How do you write -5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

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-0.0056

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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Convert 1001 to scientific notation.

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1.001 x 10^3

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What is the purpose of using scientific notation?

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To simplify calculations and representations of very large or very small numbers.

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3

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How do you express 0.000001 in scientific notation?

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1 x 10^-6

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CCSS.8.EE.A.3