Topic 1.6-1.9 Practice Test

A company makes a puzzle that is made of 5³ small plastic cubes. The puzzles are shipped in boxes that each contain 5² puzzles. The boxes are loaded into trucks that each contain 5³ boxes. What is the total number of small plastic cubes in each truck?

The distance between two cities is approximately 10³ miles. A pilot flew between the two cities 10² times last year. To figure out how many miles he flew between the two cities last year, the pilot calculates 10³ × 10². Which expression represents the number of miles the pilot flew between the two cities last year?

• 250

• 4,000

• 25,000,000

• 400,000,000

• 0.1

• 1

• 10

• 30

• 0.33

• 3.00

• 3.33

• 6.00

New York City has the largest population among cities in the United States. Its population is about 8,300,000. Which estimate could be the population of St. Louis, Missouri?

Which equation shows how to find the product of 1,000,000 and 1,000,000 using scientific notation?