Estimating Quantities using Exponents

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What is an exponent?

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What does it mean to estimate a number using exponents?

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Estimating a number using exponents involves expressing the number in a simplified form, typically as a single digit multiplied by a power of ten, to make calculations easier.

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How do you express 721,536 in scientific notation?

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What is the scientific notation for 1,894,456?

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How can you express 0.0089 using exponents?

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What is the scientific notation for 0.000233?

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How do you estimate large numbers using exponents?

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To estimate large numbers, identify the leading digit and the appropriate power of ten that represents the scale of the number.

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What is the scientific notation for 234,998,999?

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What is the general form of scientific notation?

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How do you convert a decimal number to scientific notation?

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To convert a decimal to scientific notation, move the decimal point to create a number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved to determine the exponent.