Scientific Notation Review Slides

Write 0.000972 in scientific notation.

• 9.72 x 10^-4

• 9.72 x 10^-3

• 972 x 10^-4

• 9.72 x 10⁴

Write 2.08 x 10²  in standard form.

• 208

• 0.0208

• 20,800

• 0.208

How would you write 50,000 in scientific notation?

• 50 x 10⁵

• 5 x 10⁴

• 5 x 10³

• .5 x 10³

How do you write
1001
in scientific notation?

• 1.0001 x 10⁴

• 1.01 x 10⁵

• 1.001 x 10³

• 10.1 x 10³

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in standard form?

• 8, 371, 000

• 83, 170, 000

• 837, 100

• 8, 317, 000

Write 3.2 x 10³ in standard form.

• 3.200

• 3200

• 32000

• .0032

Light travels at a rate of 186,000 miles per second.  Write this number in scientific notation.

• 86 x 10⁵

• 86 x 10⁴

• 18.6 x 10⁴

• 186 x 10³

The closest galaxy to our own is over 2,500,000 light years away.  Write this number is scientific notation.

• 2.5 x 10⁷

• .25 x 10⁷

• 25 x 10⁵

• 2.5 x 10⁶

Write this number in standard form:  7.7 x 10⁹

• 7,700,000,000

• 7,700,000

• 7,000,000.000

• 70,000,000,000

Write 4.8 x 10⁰ in standard form.

• What?

• 480

• 4.8

• 48