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Review of Scientific NotationScientific notation provides a place to hold the zeroes that come after a whole number or before a fraction. The number 100,000,000 for example, takes up a lot of room and takes time to write out, while 108 is much more efficient. Though we think of zero as having no value, zeroes can make a number much bigger or smaller. Think about the difference between 10 dollars and 100 dollars. Even one zero can make a big difference in the value of the number. In the same way, 0.1 (one-tenth) of the US military budget is much more than 0.01 (one-hundredth) of the budget. The small number to the right of the 10 in scientific notation is called the exponent. Note that a negative exponent indicates that the number is a fraction (less than one). The line below shows the equivalent values of decimal notation (the way we write numbers usually, like "1,000 dollars") and scientific notation (103 dollars). For numbers smaller than one, the fraction is given as well.
smaller bigger
Fraction 1/100 1/10
Decimal notation 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1,000
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Scientific notation 10-2 10-1 100 101 102 103
Practice With Scientific NotationWrite out the decimal equivalent (regular form) of the following numbers that are in scientific notation. Section A: Model: 101 = 10 1) 102 = _______________ 4) 10-2 = _________________ 2) 104 = _______________ 5) 10-5 = _________________ 3) 107 = _______________ 6) 100 = __________________ Section B: Model: 2 x 102 = 200 7) 3 x 102 = _________________ 10) 6 x 10-3 = ________________ 8) 7 x 104 = _________________ 11) 900 x 10-2 = ______________ 9) 2.4 x 103 = _______________ 12) 4 x 10-6 = _________________ Section C: Now convert from decimal form into scientific notation.
Model: 1,000 = 103
13) 10 = _____________________ 16) 0.1 = _____________________
14) 100 = _____________________ 17) 0.0001 = __________________
15) 100,000,000 = _______________ 18) 1 = _______________________
Section D: Model: 2,000 = 2 x 103 19) 400 = ____________________ 22) 0.005 = ____________________ 20) 60,000 = __________________ 23) 0.0034 = __________________ 21) 750,000 = _________________ 24) 0.06457 = _________________ More Practice With Scientific NotationPerform the following operations in scientific notation. Refer to the introduction if you need help. Section E: Multiplication (the "easy" operation - remember that you just need to multiply the main numbers and add the exponents). 
12 x 105 = 1.2 x 106 Remember that your answer should be expressed in two parts, as in the model above. The first part should be a number less than 10 (eg: 1.2) and the second part should be a power of 10 (eg: 106). If the first part is a number greater than ten, you will have to convert the first part. In the above example, you would convert your first answer (12 x 105) to the second answer, which has the first part less than ten (1.2 x 106). For extra practice, convert your answer to decimal notation. In the above example, the decimal answer would be 1,200,000 scientific notation decimal notation 25) (1 x 103) x (3 x 101) = ___________________ ____________________ 26) (3 x 104) x (2 x 103) = ___________________ ____________________ 27) (5 x 10-5) x (11 x 104) = __________________ ____________________ 28) (2 x 10-4) x (4 x 103) = ___________________ ____________________ Section F: Division (a little harder - we basically solve the problem as we did above, using multiplication. But we need to "move" the bottom (denomenator) to the top of the fraction. We do this by writing the negative value of the exponent. Next divide the first part of each number. Finally, add the exponents). 
(12 x 103)
Model: ----------- = 2 x (103 x 10-2) = 2 x 101 = 20
(6 x 102)
Write your answer as in the model; first convert to a multiplication problem, then solve the problem. multiplication problem final answer
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29) (8 x 106) / (4 x 103) = __________________ _____________________
30) (3.6 x 108) / (1.2 x 104) = ________________ _____________________
31) (4 x 103) / (8 x 105) = ___________________ _____________________
32) (9 x 1021) / (3 x 1019) = __________________ _____________________
Section G: Addition The first step is to make sure the exponents are the same. We do this by changing the main number (making it bigger or smaller) so that the exponent can change (get bigger or smaller). Then we can add the main numbers and keep the exponents the same. Model: (3 x 104) + (2 x 103) = (3 x 104) + (0.2 x 104)
= 3.2 x 104
= 32,000
First express the problem with the exponents in the same form, then solve the problem. same exponent final answer 33) (4 x 103) + (3 x 102) = ____________________ _______________________ 34) (9 x 102) + (1 x 104) = ____________________ _______________________ 35) (8 x 106) + (3.2 x 107) = ____________________ _______________________ 36) (1.32 x 10-3) + (3.44 x 10-4) = __________________ _______________________ Section H: Subtraction Just like addition, the first step is to make the exponents the same. Instead of adding the main numbers, they are subtracted. Try to convert so that you will not get a negative answer. Model: (3 x 104) - (2 x 103) = (30 x 103) - (2 x 103)
= 28 x 103
= 2.8 x 104
same exponent final answer 37) (2 x 102) - (4 x 101) = ______________________ ___________________ 38) (3 x 10-6) - (5 x 10-7) = ______________________ ______________________ 39) (9 x 1012) - (8.1 x 109) = ____________________ ______________________ 40) (2.2 x 10-4) - (3 x 102) = _____________________ ______________________ And Even MORE Practice with Scientific Notation(Boy are you going to be good at this.)
Positively positives! 42) 1.6 x 103 is what? Combine this number with Pennsylvania Avenue and what famous residence do you have?
Necessarily negatives! 44) 0.000553 is what in scientific notation?
Operations without anesthesia! 46) (2 x 103) - (3 x 102) = ? 47) (32 x 104) x (2 x 10-3) = ? 48) (9.0 x 104) / (3.0 x 102) = ? Food for thought........and some BIG numbers 49) The cumulative national debt is on the order of $4 trillion. The cumulative amount of high-level waste at the Savannah River Site, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and the West Valley Demonstration Project is about 25 billion curies. If the entire amount of money associated with the national debt was applied to cleanup of those curies, how many dollars per curie would be spent? |
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A) 1) 100 2) 10,000 3) 10,000,000 4) 0.01
5) 0.00001 6) 1 B) 7) 300 8) 7,000 9) 2,400 10) 0.006
11) 9 12) 0.000004 C) 13) 101 14) 102 15) 108 16) 10-1
17) 10-4 18) 100 D) 19) 4x102 20) 6X104 21) 7.5X105 22) 5x10-3
23) 3.4x10-3 24) 6.457x10-2 E) 25a) 3x104 25b ) 30,000 26a) 6x107 26b) 60,000,000
27a) 5.5x100 27b) 5.5 28a) 8x10-1 28b) 0.8 F) 29) 2x103 30) 3x104 31) 5x10-3 32) 3x102 G) 33) 4.3x103 34) 1.09x104 35) 4x107 36) 1.664x10-3 H) 37) 1.6x102 38) 2.5x10-6 39) 8.9919x1012 40) -2.9999978x102 I) 41) Depends 42) 1600 43)0.125, Yes 44) 5.53x104
45) 2.3x103 46) 1.7x103 47) 6.4x102 48) 3x102
49) 160 dollars/curie
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