1.9 PART ONE: Write Numbers in Scientific Notation

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

• 5.64 x 10^-7
• 5.64 x 10⁶
• 5.64 x 10⁸
• 56.4 x 10⁷

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵

• 5 x 10 to the -4th

• 5 x 10³

• .5 x 10 to the -3rd

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first number should be a number between 1 and 100.

• True
• False

Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts. The first factor is a number between 1-10 and the second factor is multiply by a power of 10.

• True

• False

Express the following in scientific notation:
0.0000002203

• .02203 x 10⁷
• 22.03 x 10^-6
• 2.203 x 10^-7
• 22.03 x 106

Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000  

• 52 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁷
• 5.2 x 10⁸
• 0.52 x 10⁹

What is scientific notation?

• A long way to write really short numbers

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

• I don't know...

• None of the above

UNDERSTANDING

If the exponent is a positive number...

• it means your number is more than 1

• it means your number is less than 1

UNDERSTANDING

If the exponent is a negative number...

• it means your number is more than 1

• it means your number is less than 1

Which one of these is written in scientific notation?

• 8.987000

• 8.98 x 10⁶

• 80.987 x 10

• 8.98⁶