Scientific Notation

Front

What is scientific notation?

Back

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

Front

True or False: Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first part should be a number between 1 and 100.

Back

False

Front

How would you write 4.3756 x 10^4 in standard form?

Back

43,756

Front

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

Back

5 x 10^-4

Front

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

Back

-0.0056

Front

What is the general form of scientific notation?

Back

a x 10^n, where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer.

Front

Convert 3.2 x 10^5 to standard form.

Back

320,000

Front

Convert 7.89 x 10^-2 to standard form.

Back

0.0789

Front

What is the purpose of using scientific notation?

Back

To simplify the representation of very large or very small numbers.

Front

How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

Back

Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.