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100
Convert to scientific notation: 234000
2.34 X 10^5
100
Which is bigger? 45,000 or 4.5 X 10^3
45,000
100

4.6 x 105 / 2,300,000

Divide write answer in standard AND scientific

2 x 10-1    and 0.02

100

Company A has a monthly budget of 2x104 Company B has a monthly budget of 5 x 108 How many greater is the monthly budget for company B than for company A?

a) 40 times greater

b)25000 times greater

c)250 times greater

c) 25,000 times greater

200

A calculator shows 4.1 e 4 Convert to scientific notation

41000

200
Which is smaller? 9,000,000 or 9 X 10^9
9 X 10^9
200

Divide! Write in standard and Scientific

5 x 103 / 25000

2 x 10-1   0.02

200

Pluto is about 6 x 109 kilometers form the Sun. Mars is about 2 x 108 kilometers from the sun.

What is the RATIO between these distances?

30 : 1

300

Convert to scientific notation: 8,000,000

8 X 10^6

300
Which is smaller? 700 or 7.00 X 10^3
700
300

Product of  600 and 4 x 105

2.4 x 108

300

Bird A flew 4 x 105 feet in the air. Bird B flew 1.2 x 109. Find how many times higher Bird B flew than Bird A.

Write answer in standard form.

3 x 10= 30000 times higher!

400
Convert to scientific notation: 734,239
7.34239 X 10^5
400
Which is larger? 89,000 or 8.9 X 10^4
89,000
400

Find product of 300 and 100.  Write your final answer in scientific notation and standard.

3 x 104

30000

400
Convert to standard notation: 4.6 X 10^-6
0.0000046
500
Convert to scientific notation: 45,300
4.53 X 10^4
500
Which is equal? 6.7 X 10^3 = 67,000 OR 5.4 X 10^4 = 54,000
5.4 X 10^4 = 54,000
500

Find the product of... 

2 x 10-5 and 7 x 10-9


1.4 x 10-13

500
Convert to standard notation: 9.64 X 10^-7
0.000000964