Scientific Notation

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Scientific notation is a way to shorten a large number (makes using it in calculations easier)

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Multiply or Divide by Powers of 10

Standard decimal notation

Normalized scientific notation

300 3×102

4,000 4×103

-53,000 −5.3×104

6,720,000,000 6.72×109

0.000 000 007 51 7.51×10−9

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Convert to scientific notation

4,560,000 55,669 3,340,000 456.000 000 55 .008 9

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Convert to Scientific Notation1. 1001 6. 0.13592

2. 53 7. -0.0038

3. 6,926,300,000 8. 0.00000013

4. -392 9. -0.567

5. 0.00361

Convert to normal1. 1.92 x 103 6. 1.03 x 10-2

2. 3.051x101 7. 8.862 x 10-1

3. -4.29 x 102 8. 9.512 x 10-8

4. 6.251 x 109 9. -6.5 x 10-3

5. 8.317 x 106 10. 3.159 x 102

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