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Word Problems
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Add the following (1.7 x 10^9) + (4.3 x 10^9)
6.0 x 10^9
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Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (5.1 x 10^5) - (3.1 x 10^5)
2.0 x 10^5
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(3.2 X 10^3)(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
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(9.3 X 10^9) / (3.1 X 10^4) What do you do with the 9.3 and 3.1?
What is divide. 9.2/3.1 = 3
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The speed of light is 3 x 10^8 meters/second. If the sun is 1.5x 10^11 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.
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Add the following (1.7 x 10^7) + (2.1 x 10^5)
1.721 x 10^7
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Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (5.1 x 10^5) - (3.1 x 10^3)
5.131 x 10^5
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(3.2 X 10^3)(5.1 X 10^-7) What do you do with the exponents?
What is Add. 3 + -7 = -4 16.32 x 10^-4
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(9.3 X 10^9) / (3.1 X 10^4) What do you do with the exponents?
What is Subtract. 9 - 4 = 5
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The speed of light is 3 x 10^8 meters/second. If the sun is 1.5x 10^11 meters from earth, how many seconds does it take light to reach the earth? Write answer in scientific notation.
What is 4.5 X 10^19
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Add the following 4.93 x 10^-2 + 5.12 x 10^-3
5.442 x 10^-2
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Subtract the following and write in scientific notation 6.55 x 10^7 - 4.3 x 10^6
6.12 x 10^7
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(2 X 10^3)(3 X 10^4) Write in Scientific Notation
What is 6 X 10^7
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(4.8 X 10^3) / (2 X 10^9) Write in scientific notation.
What is 2.4 X 10^-6
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While looking through a microscope the cell is magnified 2.8 X 10^-8 times. How small is the cell?
What is 0.000000028
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Add the following 5.4 x 10^-4 + 5.4 x 10^-6
5.454 x 10^-4
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Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (3.7 x 10^-2) - (5.0 x 10^-3)
3.2 x 10^-2
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(1.2 X 10^-5)(4 X 10^8) Write in standard notation
What is 4.8 X 10^3 => 4,800
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(6.14 X 10^2) / (3.07 X 10^-8) Write in scientific notation.
What is 2 X 10^10 Note 2 - -8 = 10 is the same as 2 + 8 = 10 because of SCC (Keep Change Change)
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The human eye blinks about 6.25 x 10^6 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 10^7
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Add the following (4.7 x 10^-2) + (3.2 x 10^-3)
5.02 x 10^-2
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Subtract the following and write in scientific notation (8.45 x 10^-3) - (3.1 x 10^-4)
8.14 x 10^-3
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(4.2 X 10^5)(3.1 X 10^2) Write in scientific notation.
What is not 13.02 X 10^7 but it should be 1.302 X 10^8
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(5.4 X 10^3) / (2.7 X 10^4) Write in scientific and standard notation.
What is 2 X 10^-1 and 0.2
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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.
What is (1.3 X 10^13) / (3.0 X 10^8) Not 0.43 X 10^5 but it should be 4.3 X 10^4 or $43,000 per person.
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