Scientific Notation Problem Set 1

 

Answers to First Problem Set

Express 1-6 in scientific notation, and 7-10 in ordinary notation:

 

1. 100 = 102

2. 10,000,000 = 107

3. 1 / 10,000 = 10-4

4. one million = 106

5. 1 / 10,000,000 = 10-7

6. one ten millionth = 10-7

7. 103 = 1000

8. 10-5 = 1/100,000 = 0.00001

9. 109 = 1,000,000,000

10. 1 X 10-2 = 1/100 = 0.01

 

Updated 8/27/99
By James E. Heath
  
 
 
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