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Activity Title: “Express the Notes”
Learning Targets: Solve measurement problems involving conversion of units, expression of
measurements in scientific notation
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References: Silverio, Angelina A., et al., (2018) “Exploring Life Through Science Series General
Physics 1 Senior High School, Quezon City. Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.

Tabujara Jr., Geronimo D. K-12 Compliant Worktext for Senior High School General
Physics 1. Manila, Philippines: JFS Publishing Services.
MAIN IDEA TO BE LEARNED
Scientific Notation is a convenient and widely used method of expressing large and small numbers. Any
quantity may be expressed in the form of N x 10n , where N is any number between 1 and 10 and n is the
appropriate power of 10.

EXAMPLES
For example, consider the number 840,000,000,000,000. It’s a rather large number to write out. The
scientific notation for this number is 8.40 × 1014 .

Scientific notation follows this general format

x × 10y
In this format x is the value of the measurement with all placeholder zeros removed. In the example above,
x is 8.4. The x is multiplied by a factor, 10y, which indicates the number of placeholder zeros in the
measurement. Placeholder zeros are those at the end of a number that is 10 or greater, and at the
beginning of a decimal number that is less than 1. In the example above, the factor is 1014 . This tells you
that you should move the decimal point 14 positions to the right, filling in placeholder zeros as you go. In
this case, moving the decimal point 14 places create only 13 placeholder zeros, indicating that the actual
measurement value is 840,000,000,000,000.
Numbers that are fractions can be indicated by scientific notation as well. Consider the number 0.0000045.
Its scientific notation is 4.5 ×10−6 . Its scientific notation has the same format
x × 10y
Here, x is 4.5. However, the value of y in the 10y factor is negative, which indicates that the measurement
is a fraction of 1. Therefore, we move the decimal place to the left, for a negative y. In our example of 4.5 ×
−6
10 ., the decimal point would be moved to the left six times to yield the original number, which would be
0.0000045.
 QUESTIONS/ EXERCISES
A. Express the following numbers in scientific notation.
1. 98
2. 0.0026
3. 0.0000401
4. 643.9
5. 816
6. 45800
7. 0.0068
8. 5600
9. 902
10. 0.0045

B. Transform the following scientific notation to standard notation

1. 6.455 x 1014
2. 3.1 x 10−6
3. 5.00 x 10−2
4. 7.2 x 103
5. 9 x 105
6. 7.4 x 10−3
7. 9.3 x 102
8. 2.5 x 10−4
9. 4.01 x 101
10. 2.4 x 100