Scientific to Standard
Standard to Scientific
What's Wrong?
Improper to Proper Scientific
Vocabulary
100
Convert to standard notation: 4.7 × 10^4
47,000
100

Convert to scientific notation: 234000

2.34 × 10^5

100

15 x 10-5

The factor cannot be 15. It has to be less than 10.

100

Convert into proper scientific notation: 12 × 10^3

1.2 × 10^4

100

Which number is the exponent? 2 x 104

4

200
Convert to standard notation: 8.923 × 10^-2
0.08923 or .08923
200

Convert to scientific notation: 0.002345

2.345 × 10^-3

200

0.2 x 103

The factor is too small. It has to be at least 1, but less than 10.

200
Convert into proper scientific notation: 0.8 × 10^7
8 × 10^6
200

Which number is the factor? 2 x 104

2

300

Convert to standard notation: 9.87 × 10^5

987,000

300

Convert to scientific notation: 0.0000705

7.05 × 10^-5

300

10 x 108

The factor cannot equal 10. It has to be less than 10.

300
Convert into proper scientific notation: 135 × 10^9
1.35 × 10^11
300

Scientific notation was created as a way to write.....

Big and small numbers

400

Convert to standard notation: 3 X 10^-6

0.000003 or .000003

400

Convert to scientific notation: 45,300

4.53 X 10^4

400

2.5 x 97

The base is 9. In scientific notation, the base is always 10.

400
Convert into proper scientific notation: 34.5 × 10^-6
3.45 × 10^-5
400

When the factor is too large, you ________________ the number of times you moved the decimal to the original exponent.

Add
500

Convert to standard notation: 3.40205 × 10^11

340,205,000,000

500

Convert to scientific notation: 700,239

7.00239 × 10^5

500

4 x 101.5

The exponent is a decimal. In scientific notation, the exponent has to be an integer.

500
Convert into proper scientific notation: 0.034 × 10^-1
3.4 × 10^-3
500

When the factor is too small, you ________________ the number of times you moved the decimal from the original exponent.

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