Scientific to Standard
Standard to Scientific
How Many Times Bigger
Addition/Subtraction
Multiplication/Division
100

"This is the standard form of 3.5×10^2"

What is 350?

100

 "Convert 450 to scientific notation."

 What is 4.5×10^2?


100

 "The distance from Earth to the Sun is 1.5×10^8 km. The distance from Earth to the Moon is 3.8×10^5 km. How many times bigger is the Sun's distance?"

What is 395 times bigger

100

(2.5×10^3)+(1.5×10^3)

What is 4×10^3 (or 4,000)?


100

 "Multiply: (2×10^3)×(3×10^2)"

 What is 6×10^5 (or 600,000)?

200

"7.89×10^3 equals this in standard form."

What is 7,890?

200

"Express 8,200 in scientific notation."

 What is 8.2×10^3?

200

 "A blue whale weighs 1.8×10^5. An elephant weighs 5.4×10^3 kg. How many times heavier is the blue whale?"

What is approximately 3.33×10^1 (or about 33.3 times)?

200

(7.8×10^4)−(2.3×10^4)

What is 5.5×10^4 (or 55,000)?

200

 "Divide: (8×10^6)/(2×10^3)"

What is 4×10^3 (or 4,000)?


300

Convert 2.1×10^4 to standard notation and you'll get this number."

What is 21,000?

300

"This is 56,000 written in scientific notation."

 What is 5.6×10^4?

300

"The population of the United States is 3.3×10^8. The population of a small town is 2.2×10^4. How many times larger is the U.S. population?"

What is 1.5×10^4(or 15,000 times)?

300

 (3.2×10^5)+(4.8×10^3)

What is 3.20048×10^5 (or 320,480)?

300

"Multiply: (5.5×104)×(2×103)"

What is 1.1×10^8 (or 110,000,000)?


400

"When you convert 4.25×10^5 to standard notation, you get this number."

What is 425,000?


400

"Convert 1,340,000 to scientific notation."

What is 1.34×10^6?

400

 "A computer processor operates at 3.2×10^9 hertz. An older processor operates at 8×10^6 hertz. How many times faster is the modern processor?"

What is 4×10^2 (or 400 times)?

400

"Solve: 6.5×10^6−1.2×10^5"

What is 6.38×10^6 (or 6,380,000)?

400

 "Divide: (9.6×10^7)/(3.2×10^4)"

What is 3×1033×103 (or 3,000)?

500

"6.003×10^6 in standard form equals this very large number."

What is 6,003,000?

500

"Express 203,500,000 in scientific notation."

What is 2.035×10^8?

500

 "The mass of the Sun is 1.989×10^30kg. The mass of Jupiter is 1.898×10^27 kg. How many times more massive is the Sun than Jupiter?"

What is approximately 1.05×10^3 (or about 1,050 times)?

500

"Add: (9.75×10^7)+(2.45×10^4)"

What is 9.750245×10^7 (or 97,502,450)?

500

 "Multiply: (4.2×10−3)×(2.5×106)"

What is 1.05×10^4 (or 10,500)?