Scientific Notation Tutorial

Numbers in Scientific Notation

Here are the answers:

3,000

3 X 3,000

3 X 103

39,000,000

39 X 1,000,000

39 X 106

982,600,000

9826 X 100,000

9826 X 105

We can also write any number less than 1 in scientific notation, using negative powers of 10:

0.003 = 3 X 0.001 = 3 X 10-3

0.00000004 = 4 X 0.00000001 = 4 X 10-8

0.000025 = 25 X 0.000001 = 25 X 10-6

Try these:

0.00007

7 X ?

7 X 10?

0.027

?

?

0.0000000000003

?

?

Check your answers and move on.

 

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