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IB Math Studies Y1 – Lesson 1-5 Operations with Scientific Notation CLASSWORK PERIOD:_______
ii. The distance from the Earth to the Sun averages about m.
iii. The temperature of the sun is about 8.3 million degrees Celsius.
iv. Each minute, about 3000000000 cells in the human body die.
k
MODEL PROBLEM 1: Use your GDC to calculate the following. Give each answer in the form a x 10 where
1 ≤ a < 10 and k is an integer
a) ( ) ( ) b) ( ) ( )
c) d) ( )
e) √ f) ( ) ( )
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MODEL PROBLEM 2: Given .
3.60 2 2
(b) Express your answer to part (a) in the form a 10k, where 1 a 10 and k .
Express each of the following in the form a ×10k, where 1 ≤ a < 10 and k .
(a) mn;
m
(b) ;
n
(c) ;
(d) m + n;
(e) ;
(f) ;
(e) ;
MODEL PROBLEM 4: A rectangle has length 2.6 × 104 and width 1.9 × 104.
Find each of the following, giving your answer in the form a × 10k, where 1 a < 10 and k .
2 x 1
(a) Calculate the value of .
x3
(c) Give your answer to part (b) min the form a × 10k, where 1 a 10, k .