Scientific Notation

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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.

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What is the standard form of 1.245 x 10^3?

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1245

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What is the base used in scientific notation?

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10

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How do you write 0.0000378 in scientific notation?

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3.78 x 10^-5

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What is the standard form of 8.317 x 10^6?

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8,317,000

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Convert 520,000,000 to scientific notation.

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5.2 x 10^8

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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 from standard form to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to create a coefficient between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved to determine the exponent.

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What is the scientific notation for 0.00456?

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4.56 x 10^-3

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How do you multiply numbers in scientific notation?

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Multiply the coefficients and add the exponents.