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The document discusses scientific notation and how to convert between standard and scientific notation forms. Scientific notation expresses numbers as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10. To convert from scientific to standard notation, move the decimal point right or left by the power of 10. To convert from standard to scientific notation, move the decimal point to get a number between 1 and 10 and note the number of places moved as the power of 10. Examples of conversions in both directions are provided.

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Scientific Notation 1

The document discusses scientific notation and how to convert between standard and scientific notation forms. Scientific notation expresses numbers as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10. To convert from scientific to standard notation, move the decimal point right or left by the power of 10. To convert from standard to scientific notation, move the decimal point to get a number between 1 and 10 and note the number of places moved as the power of 10. Examples of conversions in both directions are provided.

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Scientific Notation
You can use scientific notation to write very large or very small numbers. Here is an example:!!

Standard Form Scientific Notation In scientific notation, the first factor must be ≥ 1
32,000,000 = 3.2 × 10⁷ and < 10. The second factor must be a power of 10.

To convert a number from scientific notation to standard form, look at the power of 10 to see how many
places to move the decimal point. Positive exponents move the decimal point to the right, and negative
exponents move the decimal point to the left.

Here are some examples:

6.59 × 108 Move the decimal point 8 places 3 × 10-4 Move the decimal point 4 places
to the right, adding zeros to the left, adding zeros
6.59000000 as needed. 0003. as needed.

6.59 × 108 = 659,000,000 3 × 10-4 = 0.0003

Write each number in standard form.

3 -2 4
4.7 × 10 = _________________ 6 × 10 = _________________ 5 × 10 = _________________

-4 5 -6
1.2 × 10 = _________________ 3.6 × 10 = _________________ 6.1 × 10 = _________________

7 -3 6
8.06 × 10 = _________________ 7.92 × 10 = _________________ 7.127 × 10 = _________________

-5 8 -7
4 × 10 = _________________ 3.014 × 10 = ________________ 4.23 × 10 = ________________

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Scientific Notation
You can also convert numbers from standard form to scientific notation. Follow these steps:

1. Find the first factor. Move the decimal point until you get a number that is ≥ 1 and < 10.
2. Find the exponent in the power of 10. Count the number of places you moved the decimal point,
noticing the direction you moved.
• If you moved the decimal point to the left, the exponent will be positive.
• If you moved the decimal point to the right, the exponent will be negative.

Here are some examples:

5,300,000 Move the decimal point between 0.00002 Move the decimal point behind
5 and 3. The first factor will be 5.3. the 2. The first factor will be 2.

5,300,000. You moved the decimal point 0.00002 You moved the decimal point
6 places to the left. The exponent 5 places to the right. The exponent
in the power of 10 will be 6. in the power of 10 will be -5.

5,300,000 = 5.3 × 106 0.00002 = 2 × 10-5

Write each number in scientific notation.

0.007 = _______________ 90,000 = _______________ 0.032 = _______________

473,000 = _______________ 0.00099 = _______________ 3,600,000 = _______________

1,072,000 = _______________ 0.00194 = _______________ 468,000,000 = _______________

0.000072 = _______________ 3,240,000,000 = _______________ 0.00000309 = _______________

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