Exponents
Scientific Notation
Word Problems
100

In 27, which number is the base?


(problem 1 in study guide)

What is 2

100

Write the following number in scientific notation:  47,032,000 


Problem 4 on study guide

What is 4.7032 x 107

100

Pennsylvania has a population of about 1.2 × 106 people. Maryland has a population of 6 × 105. How many more people live in Pennsylvania than Maryland? Write your final answer in scientific notation.

Problem 2 on the study guide

What is 6 × 105

200

In 27, which number is the exponent?


Problem 1 in study guide

What is 7

200

Write the following number in scientific notation: 0.0215


Problem 4 on study guide

What is 2.15 x 10-2

200

Facebook has about 3,000,000,000 users. Snapchat  only has 2 × 108 users. How many times greater is the number of Facebook users than Snapchat users? Write your answer in scientific notation. 


Problem 11 on study guide

What is 1.5 × 101

300

Arrange the following numbers from smallest to largest. Write the letters in order

a) 5.37 × 104

b) 2.4 ×10-2

c) 1.8 × 104

d) 6.7 × 103

e) 4 × 102

Question 3 on study guide

What is b, e, d, c, a 


300

One inch is about 0.00002 miles. How would I write this number as a single digit times a power of 10 (aka scientific notation)

Single Digit: _________

Power of 10: __________

Problem 8 on study guide

What is 2 (single digit) and -5 (power of 10)

300

The population of Mexico is 1.27 × 108. The population of Canada is 37,000,000. What is the total population of these two countries? Express your answer in scientific notation.


Problem 9 on study guide

What is 1.64 × 108

400

Find the product of the following using your laws of exponents: (1.8 × 105) × (5 × 103


Problem 6 on study guide

What is 9 × 108

400

Multiple Choice: Which of the following is the closest estimation of  796,305,210:

  a) 7 × 108

  b) 8 × 108

  c) 8 × 109

  d) 8 × 107

Problem 7 on study guide 

What is b) 8 × 108

400

The world population is about 7,000,000,000. There are 4.6 × 107 ants for every human on the planet. How many ants are there in the world? Write your final answer in scientific notation.  


Problem 12 on study guide

What is 3.22 × 1017

500

Simplify the following problem using your rules of exponents: 10-5/109

The slash is DIVISION 

Problem 10 on the study guide 

What is 10-14

500

In 2013 the MLB used 7.1× 105 baseballs in one season. In 2017, the MLB used 8.9× 105 baseballs in one season. What is the difference between the number of baseballs used in 2017 and the number used in 2013? Write your answer in scientific notation.


Problem 5 on study guide

What is 1.8× 105

500

Someone's fingernail is .00048 meters thick. One millimeter is 1× 10-3 meters. How thick is a fingernail in millimeters (division)? Write your answer in scientific notation. 


Problem 13 on study guide

What is 4.8 × 10-1