Scientific Notation

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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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How do you convert a large number to scientific notation?

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Move the decimal point to the left until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal. Count the number of places moved; this becomes the exponent of 10.

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Convert 520,000,000 to scientific notation.

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5.2 x 10^8

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What is the correct format for scientific notation?

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A number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of ten.

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Which of the following is correct scientific notation: 20.35 x 10^4, .2035 x 10^4, 2035^4, 2.035 x 10^4?

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2.035 x 10^4

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How do you convert scientific notation to standard form?

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Multiply the coefficient by 10 raised to the power of the exponent.

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Convert 4.3756 x 10^4 to standard form.

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43,756

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How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

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5 x 10^-4

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Express 8.025 x 10^-8 in standard notation.

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.00000008025

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What is the exponent in scientific notation for the number 0.0001?

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-4, because 0.0001 = 1 x 10^-4.