1.9 PART ONE: Write Numbers in Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A short way to write really big or really small numbers.

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Express 10,030,400,000 in scientific notation.

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1.00304 x 10^10

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Convert 0.00033 to scientific notation.

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3.3 x 10^-4

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How would you write 564,000,000 in scientific notation?

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5.64 x 10^8

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Which of the following is correctly written in scientific notation? 20.35 x 10^4, .2035 x 10^4, 2035^4, 2.035 x 10^4

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2.035 x 10^4

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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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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 exponent.

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What is the scientific notation for 3,200?

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3.2 x 10^3

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Express 0.00456 in scientific notation.

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4.56 x 10^-3

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What is the scientific notation for 1,000,000?

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1 x 10^6