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Objective: Convert standard notation to scientific notation and vice versa (include
positive and negative exponents)

 How are decimals related to scientific notation?

 How are decimals changed to scientific notation?

 What effect does a negative exponent have on writing a number in

scientific notation?
 What is exponential form?

 What strategies are used to compare numbers in scientific notation?

 Why are patterns important when investigating exponents?

Vocabulary:

34000 = 3.4
10 4

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Exponential Form (exponential notation) - a way to write an expression in

a more compact form.
If you have the same number multiplied by itself a number of times then using the
exponential notation you write the number and then an "exponent" to indicate how
many times you multiply the number by itself.
You want to multiply 8 by itself 4 times, so:

8x8x8x8=
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 expression exponential form
7x7x7x7x7x7x7x7x7=

3x3x3x3=

8x8x8x8x8=

13 x 13 x 13 x 13 x 13 =

1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1=

2x2x2x2x2x2x2=

expression exponential form value

= 101 =

= 102 =

= 103 =

= 104 =

= 105 =

Investigate
What is the value for 100? Why? Support your answer.

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 Numbered H eads Together
Pairs huddle to put heir heads “together” to
improve their answers and reach a
consensus.

scientific notation: a way to write numbers with many zeros a shorter way
using exponents.
Ex) 3,400,000 Steps

1) Make number between1 and 10
(what are numbers less than 10?)

2) Count spaces decimal moved

3) Re-write number using tens and exponent

Write in scientific notation

1) 3,205,000,000 2) 130,000 3) 2,501,000

4) 24,000 *5) 0.0000245 6) 0.000005

7) 0.0003156 8) 0.00052 9) 203,501,000,000

10) 0.0308 11) 0.06 12) 703,000,000

13) 0.00000001003

Find the Fi ction

You will be given 3 statements. Determine
which of the statements is the “fiction”.

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Write in standard notation
1) 3.02 x 106 2) 5 x 104 3) 3.2 x 10-2

4) 6 x 10-6 5) 2.50 x 109 6) 2.5 x 10-7

7) 2 x 10-5 8) 2 x 105 9) 1.002 x 102

10) 5.1 x 10-3 11) 2 x 106 12) 6.09 x 10-2

13) 2.001 x 108 14) 4.021x102

Fan and Pi ck
Play a card game to respond to questions.
Roles rotate with each new question.

Write in scientific notation

1) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?

500,000

A 5.0 x 10-5
B 50 x 10-4
C 5.0 x 104
D 5.0 x 105

2) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?

0.0003

A 3.0 x 104
B 3.0 x 10-3
C 3.0 x 10-4
D 0.3 x 10-3

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 3) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?
103,000,000

A 1.03 x 10-8
B 10.3 x 10-7
C 103 x 106
D 1.03 x 108

Write in standard form

4) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?

2.43 x 105

A 24,300
B 243,000
C 24,300,000
D 2,430

5) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?

2 x 10-3

A 0.0002
B 0.002
C 2,000
D 0.02

5) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?

2 x 106

A 0.000002
B 20,000
C 200,000
D 2,000,000

There are approximately 6,000,000,000 humans on earth.

The earth is approximately 92,900,000 miles from the sun.

Number of toothbrushes purchased by Americans yearly 2.8 x 108.

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Write in scientific form

1) 205,000,000 2) 460,000 3) 9,301,000

4) 24,000,000,000 5) 0.0000186 6) 0.06

7) 0.000000204 8) 0.4 9) 903,108,000,000

10) 0.308

Write in standard form

1) 5.08 x 104 2) 6 x 106 3) 6 x 10-6

4) 8.02 x 10-3 5) 5.7 x 109 6) 2.5 x 10-7

7) 9 x 10-5 8) 9 x 105 9) 6.01 x 102

10) 5.1 x 101

Write in scientific form

1) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?

0.00005

A 5.0 x 10-5
B 50 x 10-4
C 5.0 x 104
D 5.0 x 105
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2) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?
30,000

A 3.0 x 10-4
B 3.0 x 10-3
C 3.0 x 104
C 3.0 x 103

3) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?

0.0032

A 3.2 x 103
B 3.2 x 10-3
C 3.2 x 102
D 3.2 x 10-2

4) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?

0.4

A 4.0 x 10-2
B 40 x 102
C 4.0 x 101
D 4.0 x 10-1

5) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?

300,000

A 3.0 x 105
B 3.0 x 10-5
C 30 x 103
D 30 x 10-3

6) Which of the following shows the number below in scientific form?

0.0702

A 7.02 x 102
B 7.02 x 10-2
C 7.02 x 103
D 7.02 x 10-3
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Write in standard form

7) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?

4.43 x 104

A 0.000443
B 4,430
C 44,300
D 443,000

8) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?

3 x 10-3

A 0.0003
B 0.003
C 3,000
D 0.03

9) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?

3 x 10-3

A 300
B 0.003
C 3,000
D 30,000

10) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?
4.002 x 102

A 0.04002
B 40,020
C 4,002
D 400.2

11) Which of the following shows the number below in standard form?
3.89 x 10-5

A 0.000389
B 389,000
C 0.0000389
D 0.00389

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