Adding Scientific Notation
Add the following (1.7 x 109) + (4.3 x 109)
6.0 x 109
Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (5.1 x 105) - (3.1 x 105)
2.0 x 105
(3.2 X 103)(5.1 X 10-7) What is the power of ten in your product?
10-4
(9.3 X 109) / (3.1 X 104) What do you do with the 9.3 and 3.1? Give the result.
Divide. 9.2/3.1 = 3
The speed of light is 3 x 108 meters/second. If the sun is 1.5x 1011 meters from earth, how many seconds does it take light to reach the earth? Will you add, subtract, multiply, or divide the scientific notation numbers?
What is multiply.
Add the following (1.7 x 107) + (2.1 x 105)
1.721 x 107
Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (5.1 x 105) - (3.1 x 103)
5.069 x 105
(3.2 X 103)(5.1 X 10-7) What do you do with the exponents?
What is Add 10-4
(9.3 X 109) / (3.1 X 104) What do you do with the exponents? Give the result of the power of 10.
What is Subtract. 9 - 4 = 105
The speed of light is 3 x 108 meters/second. If the sun is 1.5x 1011 meters from earth, how many seconds does it take light to reach the earth? Write answer in scientific notation.
4.5 X 1019
Add the following 4.93 x 10-2 + 5.12 x 10-3
5.442 x 10-2
Subtract the following and write in scientific notation 6.55 x 107 - 4.3 x 106
6.12 x 107
(2 X 103)(3 X 104) Multiply and give your answer in Scientific Notation
6 X 107
(4.8 X 103) / (2 X 109) Write the quotient in scientific notation.
2.4 X 10-6
While looking through a microscope the cell is magnified 2.8 X 10-8 times. How small is the cell (standard form)?
What is 0.000000028
Add the following 5.4 x 10-4 + 5.4 x 10-6
5.454 x 10-4
Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (3.7 x 10-2) - (5.0 x 10-3)
3.2 x 10-2
(1.2 X 10-5)(4 X 108) Write the product in standard notation
What is 4.8 X 103 = 4,800
(6.14 X 102) / (3.07 X 10-8) Write the quotient in scientific notation.
2 X 1010
The human eye blinks about 6.25 x 106 times each year. About how many times has the eye of a 14-year-old blinked? Write your answer in scientific notation.
8.7 X 107
Add the following (4.7 x 10-2) + (3.2 x 10-3)
5.02 x 10-2
Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (8.45 x 10-3) - (3.1 x 10-4)
8.14 x 10-3
(4.2 X 105)(3.1 X 102) Write the product in scientific notation.
1.302 X 108
(5.4 X 103) / (2.7 X 104) Write the quotient in both scientific notation and standard form.
2 X 10-1 and 0.2
The US debt is approximately 13 trillion dollars. There are about 13 million people living in the US. How much could each person pay for the US to be debt free? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
4.3 X 104 or $43,000 per person.