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You're killin'
me smalls
We're going to need
a bigger boat
According to my
calculations
Webster says..
100

Convert this from standard notation to scientific notation: 7,500,000

7.5 x 106

100

Write this in standard notation: 3.6 x 10-4

0.00036

100

Write this in standard notation: 2.4 x 103

2400

100

How many times larger is  (8 x 103) than (4 x 102)?

20 times larger

100

Why do we use scientific notation?

To write very small or very large numbers in a simple, easy to compare way.

200

Convert this from standard notation into scientific notation: 0.000037

3.7 x 10-5

200

Write this in standard notation: 7.45 x 10-2

0.0745

200

Write this in standard notation: 7.12 x 106

7,120,000

200

Divide and express in scientific notation: (4.2 x 106)/(2 x 10-2)

What is 2.1 x 108?

200
A number in scientific notation uses this to show that it is a very large number
A positive exponent
300

Convert this from standard notation into scientific notation: 6,300,000,000

6.3 x 109

300

Write this in standard notation: 5.9 x 10-8

0.000000059

300

Write this in standard notation: 5.231 x 107

52,310,000

300

How much larger is (8.604 x 104) than (7.1 x 102)?

After completing your work, round to the nearest whole number.

About 121 times larger

300

A number in scientific notation uses this to show that it is a very small number

A Negative Exponent

400

Convert this from standard notation into scientific notation: 54,500

5.45 x 104

400

Write this in standard notation: 1.11 x 10-11

0.0000000000111

400

Write this in standard notation: 8.35 x 1012

8,350,000,000,000

400

How much larger is (6.67 x 104) than (6 x 103)? 

After completing your work, round to the nearest whole number

About 11 times larger

400
What is the vocabulary word for the number that is being multiplied time 10 to some exponent?

The Coefficient

500

Convert this from standard notation into scientific notation: 0.0021

2.1 x 10-3

500

Write this in standard notation: 9.145 x 10-5

0.00009145

500

Write this in standard notation: 9.0064 x 1010

90,064,000,000

500

How many times larger is  (1.83 x 10-20) than (8.67 x 10-24)? 

After completing your work, round your answer to the nearest whole number

About 2,111 times larger

500

If the coefficient of a number in scientific notation was written on a number line, Where would it be found?

Between 1 and 10