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100

72 x 75 = 710

False: 72 x 75 = 7(2+5) or 77

100

Simplify the following expression:

(x^2)^3 /x^4

x^2

100

The planet Mercury is an estimated  

3.598 xx 10^7

miles from the Sun.  Write the distance Mercury is from the Sun in standard form

What is 35,980,000

100

(3xx10^2 )/(9xx10^3)

1/30

100

Write the following expression as a fraction.

6^-2

1/36

200


6^12/6^2=6^10


True

200

Simplify the following Expression:

(3^5 )(3^2 )(3^3 )

3^10

200

In 2000, the top attendance at an amusement park in the United States was 15,400,000 people.  Write the number of people in scientific notation.

What is 

1.54 xx 10^7

200

(4xx10^5) ( 6xx10^9 )

2.4xx10^15

200

Simplify: 

a^10 /a^2

a8

300

2^6 = 4^3

True  64 = 64

300

Simplify the following Expression and express with exponents:

(2^5)(4)

2^7

300

0.000065 is the wavelength of yellow light. express this value in scientific notation

What is 

6.5 xx 10^-5

300

(9xx10^-3)/(4.5xx10^-5

2xx10^2

300

In 2015, there were about 

4xx10^7

people living in California and about 

1xx10^6

people living in Rhode Island.  Express how many times larger was the population of California than the population of Rhode Island in 2015

40

400

2^4 + 2^2 = 2^6

False:

2^4 = 16 and 2^2 = 4 and 2^6 = 64


400

(2^-5 )(2^8)

2^3

400

In 2000, an estimated 

7.7 xx 10^7

people spoke French as their first language and an estimated 

1xx10^8

spoke German as their first language. How many more people spoke German?

What is

2.3 xx 10^7

 

400

(5.8xx10^-6 )(2xx10^4 )

1..16xx10^-1


400

The diameter of fishing line varies.   Fishing line can have a diameter as small as 

2xx10^-2

of an inch and as large as 

6xx10^-2

of an inch.  How many times larger is the thick line compared to the thin line?

3

500

Determine the value of the variable that makes the following equation true

(2^x)^5 = 8^5


x=3

500

Simplify

((3^4)(3^5)) /9^3

27 or 

3^3

500

During its orbit around the Sun, Mercury gets as close as 

4.8xx10^7

miles from Earth and as far as 

1.38xx10^8

miles from Earth.  What is the difference between these distances?

9xx10^7

500

(2.4xx10^4 )(4.5xx10^3)

1.08xx10^8

500

How many times larger is 103

than 102

What is 10?