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As the exponent of 10 increases, the number becomes...
What is greater?
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Express the number 80,000 in scientific notation.
What is 8 x 10^4
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Express the number 0.0073 in scientific notation.
What is 7.3 x 10^-3
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Add 3.6 x 10^7 + 5.1 x 10^7
What is 8.7 x 10^7
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(5 x 10^-7)(4 x 10^-4)
What is 2.0 x 10^-10
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A number written as the product of two factors, one greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10, and the other a power of 10.
What is scientific notation
200
Express the number 8.5 x 10^5 in standard form.
What is 850,000
200
Express 0.000000298 in scientific notation.
What is 2.98 x 10^-7
200
Subtract 8.4 x 10^8 - 3.2 x 10^8
What is 5.2 x 10^8
200
9.6 x 10^-6 -------------- 4 x 10^-3
What is 2.4 x 10^-3
300
The calculator displays 5.7E-11. Express this result in scientific notation.
What is .000000000057
300
Express the number 586,400,000 in scientific notation.
What is 5.864 x 10^8
300
Write 3.92 x 10^-6 in standard form.
What is .00000392
300
Subtract (6.1 x 10^4) - (2.43 x 10^2)
What is 6.0757 x 10^4
300
(1.1 x 10^9)(3 x 10^-4)
What is 3.3 x 10^5
400
Your calculator shows you this for the calculation 81 x 100,000,000,000
What is 8.1E+12
400
Express the number 4.3076 x 10^8 in standard form.
What is 430,760,000
400
You are given the numbers: .00000000156 6.17 x 10^-6 .00000000617 1.56 x 10^-9 Which number is the greatest?
What is .00000617
400
Add (2.154 x 10^4) + (3.5 x 10^2)
What is 2.1890 x 10^4
400
About 1.0 x 10^8 bacteria live in a human body. If there are 2,000 spectators at a football game, how many bacteria are living in the spectators?
What is 2.0 x 10^11
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Which number is the least? 9.45 x 10^-5 5.66 x 10^-8 4.51 x 10^-8 5.66 x 10^-7
What is 4.51 x 10^-8
500
Two space probes, Pilgrim4 and Titan2, were launched decades ago. Today, they are 6.93 x 10^9 km and 2.31 x 10^11 m from Earth, respectively. Which probe is farther from Earth today? Be ready to supply the mathematical support for your response.
What is Pilgrim4
500
Represent 0.002 as a product of two factors.
What is 2 x 10^-3
500
Add (3.6 x 10^-2) + (4.0 x 10^-1)
What is 4.36 x 10^-1
500
A research study reports that an average person purchases 330 cans of beans per year. If there are 282 million people in the country, how many cans of beans are purchased by the whole country in one year?
What is 9.306 x 10^10