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 do you do with the 3.2 and 5.1?
What is Multiply. 3.2 X 5.1 = 16.32
16.32 x 10-4
1.632 x 10-3
(9.3 X 109) / (3.1 X 104) What do you do with the 9.3 and 3.1?
What is divide. 9.2/3.1 = 3
The speed of light is 3 x 108 meters/second. If the sun is 1.5 x 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 105)
5.131 x 105
(3.2 X 103)(5.1 X 10-7) What do you do with the exponents?
What is Add. 3 + -7 = -4
(9.3 X 109) / (3.1 X 104) What do you do with the exponents?
What is Subtract. 9 - 4 = 5
The speed of light is 3 x 108 meters/second. If the sun is 1.5 x 1011 meters from earth, how many seconds does it take light to reach the earth? Write answer in scientific notation.
What is 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) Write in Scientific Notation
What is 6 X 107
(4.8 X 103) / (2 X 109) Write in scientific notation.
What is 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?
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
(6.14 X 102) / (3.07 X 10-8) Write in scientific notation.
What is 2 X 1010
Note 2 - -8 = 10 is the same as 2 + 8 = 10
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 answer in scientific notation.
What is 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 in scientific notation.
What is not 13.02 X 107
but it should be 1.302 X 108
(5.4 X 103) / (2.7 X 104) Write in scientific and standard notation.
What is 2 X 10-1
and 0.2
The US debt is approximately 13 trillion dollars. There are about 12 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.
What is (1.3 X 1013) / (1.2 X 107)
1.0833 X 10^12 or $1,083,333.33 per person.