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Unit: Real Number System Name _____________________________________

Student Handout 7
Date _____________________________Pd______

SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
• Scientific notation is a shorthand way of writing really ___________ or
really ___________ numbers.
SCIENTIFIC
NOTATION • Scientific notation is written as a ____________ of two numbers:
-The first number must be between _____ and _____
-The second number must be a ___________ of 10

1 Create a number between ____ and ____ by moving the decimal.


2 Count the number of times that you moved the decimal. This number will
CONVERTING
be your ___________ of 10.
STANDARD TO
3 If your number is greater than one, the exponent will be ____________.
SCIENTIFIC
4 If your number is less than one (like a decimal), the exponent will
be _____________.

Complete the following problems.


1. Convert the number to scientific notation. 2. Convert the number to scientific notation.

1,850,000 42,000

________________________ ________________________
3. Convert the number to scientific notation. 4. Convert the number to scientific notation.

0.007826 0.00001

________________________ ________________________

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Move the decimal the same number of places as the _____________.

• If the exponent is positive, move the decimal to the ___________ in order


to make the number _______________. (Add zeros as placeholders if
CONVERTING
necessary.)
SCIENTIFIC TO
STANDARD
• If the exponent is negative, move the decimal to the ___________ in
order to make the number _______________. (Add zeros as placeholders
if necessary.)

Complete the following problems.


5. Convert the number to standard notation. 6. Convert the number to standard notation.

7.83 × 107 2.5 × 104

________________________ ________________________
7. Convert the number to standard notation. 8. Convert the number to standard notation.

8.345 × 10-6 3 × 10-3

________________________ ________________________
9. Complete the missing blanks in the table below.

STANDARD NOTATION SCIENTIFIC NOTATION


5,820,000
4.25 × 105

1,200

6.257 × 10-7

.0015

Summarize today’s lesson:

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