Scientific Notation

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵
• 5 x 10⁴
• 5 x 10³
• .5 x 10³

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

• 0.0056
• -5,600
• 0.00056
• -0.0056

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

• 8, 371, 000
• 83, 170, 000
• 837, 100
• 8, 317, 000

Which one of these is in scientific notation?

• 8.987000
• 8.98 x 10⁶
• 80.987 x 10
• 8.98⁶

What does a negative exponent mean in scientific notation? (example:  1.19 x 10^-3)

• It means the number is very large
• It means the number is very small

Which number has the lowest value

• 8.11 x 10²

• 7.22 x 10⁹

• 6.33 x 10⁵

• 5.44 x 10²

Which number is the highest value?

• 2.35 x 10⁵

• 9.78 x 10³

• 5.01 x 10⁴

• 1.101 x 10⁶

Fill in the blank:

4.93 x 10⁴ _ 9.99 x 10³

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Fill in the blank:

187,300,000 _ 1.873 x 10⁸

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Fill in the blank:

6.34 x 10⁵ _ 7.12 x 10⁴

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