Scientific Notation to Standard Form

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What is scientific notation?

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A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, using powers of ten.

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Convert 9.072 x 10^3 to standard form.

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9072

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What is the standard form of 0.00031?

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3.1 x 10^-4

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Convert 5.12 x 10^{-2} to standard form.

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0.0512

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What is the standard form of 6.79 x 10^4?

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67,900

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Convert 7.8 x 10^{-3} to standard form.

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0.0078

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What does the exponent in scientific notation indicate?

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The exponent indicates how many places to move the decimal point.

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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 number between 1 and 10, and count the number of places moved to determine the exponent.

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What is the standard form of 4.5 x 10^2?

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450

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Convert 0.000005 to scientific notation.

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5 x 10^-6