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Bell Ringer: Write each number

1. one thousand
2. one hundred thousand
3. ten million
4. one tenth

Bell Ringer continued: Fill in the chart

Power of 10

Decimal Equivalent
10,000

103
102
10
100
0.1
10-2
0.001
10-4

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Scientific Notation
A number is written in scientific notation if it has
the form c x 10n where c is greater than 1 and
less than 10.
If you have to move your decimal to the left
the value of n is positive.
If you have to move your decimal to the
right the value of n is negative.

Standard form

Product form

120,000,000

1.2 x 100,000,000

Scientific notation
1.2 x 108

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Standard form

Product form

0.00012

Scientific notation

Standard form

Product form

5,643,000

Scientific notation

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Standard form

Product form

0.0000005

Scientific notation

Write the number in scientific notation.

1.) 4,100

4.) 0.0000145

2.) 34,000,000

5.) 0.002

3.) 592,350

6.) 0.000067

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Write the number in standard form.

1.) 3.2 x 107

2.) 8.69 x 10-5

Order Numbers Using Scientific Notation

1.) Write each number in scientific notation.
2.) Order the numbers based on the power.
3.) If the powers are the same, order the
base.

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Order the numbers from least to greatest.

3.9 x 106 ,

3,800,000

4.2 x 105

Order the numbers from least to greatest.

1.) 2.4 x 105 , 3.3 x 104 , 49,000

2.) 8.16 x 106 , 635,000 , 4.08 x 105

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Multiplying numbers in scientific notation.

A wolffia plant is the smallest flowering plant in the world. One wolffia
plant has a mass of about 1.5 x 10-4 gram. At least 5 x 103 wolffia plants
can fit into a thimble. What is the mass of 5 x 103 wolffia plants?

A nickel has a mass of about 5.2 grams.

What would be the mass in grams of $1,000
worth of nickels?

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