Basic Scientific Notation
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplying & Dividing
Word Problems
100
Change the standard number into scientific notation. 8,000,000,000
What is 8 x 10^9
100
(7 x 10^6) + (8 x 10^6)
What is 15 x 10^6
100
(8 x 10^4) - (2 x 10^2)
What is 7.98 x 10^4
100
(3 x 10^4)(2 x 10^6)
What is 3 x 10^10
100
Time (in seconds) required for light to travel 1 meter: 0.000000000334. Write the number in scientific notation.
What is 3.34 x 10^-10
200
Write the standard form of the number. 7.34 x 10^6
What is 73,400,000
200
(5 x 10^7) + (3 x 10^7)
What is 8 x 10^7
200
(4 x 10^5) - (3 x 10^5)
What is 1 x 10^5
200
(5 x 10^2)(6 x 10^2)
What is 3 x 10^5
200
Population of Asia in 2001: 3,721,000,000. Write the number in Scientific Notation.
What is 3.721 x 10^9
300
Express the number in standard form in miles. 9.123 x 10^3
What is 9,123 miles
300
(3 x 10^3) + (4 x 10^5)
What is 4.03 x 10^3
300
(12 x 10^7) - (6 x 10^8)
What is 6 x 10^8
300
(2 x 10^5)(10 x 10^6)
What is 2 x 10^12
300
A wolffia plant is the smallest flowering plant in the world. one wolffia plant has a mass of about 1.5 x 10^-4 gram. At least 5 x 10^3 wolffia plants could fit in a thimble. What is the mass of 5 x 10^3 wolffia plants?
What is 7.5 x 10^-1 grams.
400
Write the standard number into scientific notation, .00000092
What is 9.2 x 10^-6
400
(4 x 10^6) + (10 x 10^6)
What is 1.4 x 10^7
400
(6 x 10^4) - (10 x 10^5)
What is -94 x 10^4
400
(4^5)^3 / 4^3
What is 4^5
400
Dust mites are microscopic organisms that can be found in most natural and synthetic fibers. Dust mites are .00042 metes in length and .00028 meters in width. and average mattress contains 2,000,000 dust mites. Write these numbers in scientific notation.
What is 4.2 x 10^-4 and 2.8 x 10^-4
500
Express the number in standard form in miles, 8.5 x 10^-8
What is .000000085 miles
500
(13 x 10^7) + (7 x 10^9)
What is 2 x 10^15
500
(-4 x 10^5) - (-30 x 10^8)
What is -30,004 x 10^5
500
(9^9)^9 / 9^9
What is 9^9
500
Your friend thinks that 4 x 10^3 is twice as great as 2 x 10^2. What error is your friend making? Expalin your reasoning.
What is 4 x 10^3= 4,000 and 2 x 10^2 = 200. The friend thinks that it is doubled because it is in scientific notation, but it's not in standard form because of the exponent.
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