Name: ___________________________

Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes Worksheet

Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form:
1. 101 = 5. 101 =
2. 102 = 6. 102 =
3. 103 = 7. 103 =
4. 104 = 8. 104 =

Write the following numbers in expanded form.

1. 3.6 102 = 3. 8.2 101 =
2. 1.53 104 = 4. 6 103 =

Write the following numbers in scientific notation:

1. 0.00045 =
2. 23 000 000 =
3. 700 000 000 000 =
4. 0.00000000000000000001 =
5. 0.000098 =

Write the following measurements using metric prefixes. For example, 1.3 10 -3 m would be
1.3 mm. Watch the units!!
1. 9.32 103 m = 6. 7.2 1015 g =
2. 9.3 109 g = 7. 1.9 102 m =
3. 2.1 101 s = 8. 8.80 109 s =
4. 1.58 106 g = 9. 6.7 106 s =
5. 4.29 103 s = 10. 6.9 1012 m =

Complete the chart of prefixes and their symbols.

109 106 103 (UNITS) 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12
giga milli micro pico
k d n
 Name: ___________________________

Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes Worksheet

Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form:
1. 101 = 10 5. 101 = 0.1
2. 102 = 100 6. 102 = 0.01
3. 103 = 1000 7. 103 = 0.001
4. 104 = 10 000 8. 104 = 0.0001

Write the following numbers in expanded form.

1. 3.6 102 = 360 3. 8.2 101 = 82
2. 1.53 104 = 0.000153 4. 6 103 = 0.006

Write the following numbers in scientific notation:

1. 0.00045 = 4.5 x 10-4
2. 23 000 000 = 2.3 x 107
3. 700 000 000 000 =7.0 x 1011
4. 0.00000000000000000001 = 1 x 10-20
5. 0.000098 =9.8 x 10-5

Write the following measurements using metric prefixes. For example, 1.3 10 -3 m would be
1.3 mm. Watch the units!!
1. 9.32 103 m = 9.32 mm 6. 7.2 103 g = 7.2 kg
2. 9.3 109 g = 9.3 Gg 7. 1.9 102 m = 1.9 cm
3. 2.1 101 s = 2.1 ds 8. 8.80 109 s = 8.80 ns
4. 1.58 106 g = 1.58 g 9. 6.7 106 s = 6.7 Ms
5. 4.29 103 s = 4.29 ks 10. 6.9 1012 m = 6.9 pm

Complete the chart of prefixes and their symbols.

109 106 103 (UNITS) 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12
giga mega kilo deci centi milli micro nano pico
G M k d c m n p