Scientific to Standard
Standard to Scientific
Vocabulary
Improper to Proper Scientific
Miscellaneous
100

Convert to standard notation: 4.7 × 104

47,000

100

Convert to scientific notation: 234000

2.34 × 105

100

Which number is the exponent? 4.5 × 104

4

100

Convert into proper scientific notation: 12 × 103

1.2 × 104

100

What's wrong with the scientific notation? 10 × 104

The leading digit (10) is too large.

200

Convert to standard notation: 8.923 × 10-2

0.08923 or .08923

200

Convert to scientific notation: 0.002345

2.345 × 10-3

200

Which number is the leading digit? 9.324 × 109

9.324

200

Convert into proper scientific notation: 0.8 × 107

8 × 106

200

What's wrong with the scientific notation? .3 × 10-9

The leading digit (.3) is too small.

300

Convert to standard notation: 9.87 × 105

987,000

300

Convert to scientific notation: 0.00007

7 × 10-5

300

What number does the base always have to be in scientific notation?

10

300

Convert into proper scientific notation: 135 × 109

1.35 × 1011

300

In scientific notation, if the exponent is negative, that means the number will be...

Small (less than one, between 0 & 1))

400

Convert to standard notation: 3 X 10-6

0.000003 or .000003

400

Convert to scientific notation: 45,300

4.53 X 104

400

Why do we use scientific notation?

It is a way to write really small or really large numbers.

400

Convert into proper scientific notation: 34.5 × 10-6

3.45 × 10-5

400

What's wrong with the scientific notation?

5 + 10^2

^ means raised to the power of

500

Convert to standard notation: 3.40205 × 1011

340,205,000,000

500

Convert to scientific notation: 734,239

7.34239 × 105

500

The leading digit has to be between which two numbers? The leading digit can equal one of these two numbers. Which one?

The leading digit has to be between 1 and 10; it can equal 1, but not 10. 

500

Convert into proper scientific notation: 0.034 × 10-1

3.4 × 10-3

500

What is the criteria for proper scientific notation?

1. the leading digit is between 1 and 10

2. the leading digit is followed by multiplying a power of 10

3. the exponent is a positive or negative whole number