Scientific Notation EQ How are numbers translated between

Scientific Notation EQ: How are numbers translated between scientific notation and standard notation?

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Let’s go from scientific notation to standard notation! Positive exponents: Move decimal to the RIGHT Ex. 3. 56 x 106 = 3, 560, 000 Negative exponents: Move decimal to the LEFT -5 Ex. 2. 34 x 10 = 0. 0000234

Write in standard notation. �Number of toothbrushes purchased by Americans yearly: 2. 8 x 108 �Length of a Hemoglobin molecule 6. 8 x 10 -6 �Number of people around the world who speak Mandarin 6. 5 x 108

Let’s go from standard notation to scientific notation. That means that we want to take really BIG numbers or really small numbers and write them in scientific notation. Ex. 0. 000017 How can I turn this into a number that is between 1 and 10? 1. 7

Let’s go from standard notation to scientific notation. 1. 7 How many decimal places to the left do I need to move my decimal point to get 0. 000017? 5 places! 0. 000017 is 1. 7 x 10 -5 in scientific notation.

Let’s go from standard notation to scientific notation. 425, 000 How can I turn this into a number that is between 1 and 10? 4. 25 How many decimal places to the left do I need to move my decimal point to get 425, 000? 8 places!

Let’s Practice! A tiny space inside a computer chip has been measured to be 0. 00000256 m wide, 0. 00000014 m long and 0. 000275 m high. Rewrite one of the dimensions of the computer chip in scientific notation.

Write in scientific notation. �More than 500, 000 people are registered users on Facebook. �The human body contains 70, 000 miles of blood vessels.

Write in scientific notation. 1. 7 x 1012

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