Scientific Notation

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What is scientific notation?

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A way to express very large or very small numbers using powers of ten.

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How is a number written in scientific notation?

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It is written as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of ten.

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What is the correct scientific notation for 540,020,000?

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5.4002 x 10^8

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Which of the following is correctly written in scientific notation: 10.4 x 10^3, 9.99 x 10^6, 143.002 x 10^-4?

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9.99 x 10^6

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How do you convert 241 million into scientific notation?

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2.41 x 10^8

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What is the value of 7 x 10^4 - 4.2 x 10^2?

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6.958 x 10^4

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What is the first step in writing a number in scientific notation?

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Identify the first non-zero digit and place the decimal after it.

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What does the exponent in scientific notation represent?

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The number of places the decimal point has been moved.

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Convert 0.00056 into scientific notation.

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5.6 x 10^-4

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What is the scientific notation for 0.0032?

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3.2 x 10^-3