WARM UP

Simplify, and hand in. Leave all answers in exponent form. Ok to check with your notes! =x
16

=x20y10

1) (x2)(x4)(x10) =3 a 2) (x4y2)5
3) (32a4b-2)3

6 12b-6

Agenda: 1) Warm up 2) Homework check 3) Quiz reminder 4) Scientific Notation 5) practice

= 2 2 a2 b 4

Homework: Check your Page 33: answers!

7)a) 72 c) -64 e) 64 g) 64 i) -64 k) 81 10) a) m8 c) a16 e) m2 12) a) 9x2 c) 8x6 e) x4y6 13 a) 4x6y2

15 a)

c)

Scientific Notation

Powers of ten

Zooming In and Zooming out!

Review: powers of 10
Evaluate the following powers
100 = 102 = 10-2 = 105 =
1 100 (decimal moves 2 places to the right)

0.01

(decimal moves 2 places to the left)

100000

(decimal moves 5 places to the right)

10-4 =

0.0001

(decimal moves 4 places to the left)

Scientific Notation Definition

a x 10n The first number must be bigger or equal to 1, and smaller than 10 Hint: look at the first important number. The decimal goes after that! Ex: 35 400 000 = 3.54 x 107 Ex: 0.000 025 = 2.5 x 10-5

How to convert:
40 000 000
The 4 is in the 107 position. = 4 x 107 The first important digit, the 8, is in the 105 position. = 8.32 x 105

832 000

0.000 009 0.00412

The 9 is in the 10-6 position. = 9 x 10-6 The first important digit, the 4, is in the 10-3 position. = 4.12 x 10-3

Calculations
Multiplying or dividing:

1) Separate (rearrange) the numbers from the powers. 2) Multiply or divide the numbers in front
3) 4) Use exponent rules to multiply the powers of 10 Make sure your answer is in scientific notation

Example 1 (2.5 x 104) x (6 x 10-6) =

(2.5 x 6) x (104 x 10-6)

= 15 x 10-2 ( not = (1.5 x

in sci. notation)

101) x 10-2

= 1.5 x 10-1

Example 2: (0.2 x 103) x (4 x 105) = (0.2 x 4) x (103 x 105) = 0.8 x 108 (still not scientific notation) = (8 x 10-1) x 108 = 8 x 107

 Adding & Subtracting

0.452 + 1.62 x10-1 = 0.452 + 0.162 = 0.614 = 6.14 x 10-1

Remember: there are no rules for adding and subtracting exponents! You have to add or subtract the looooong way. (convert scientific notation to regular numbers, add or subtract as needed, and convert back to scientific notation