Unit #1 Scientific Notation

Name: _Maria Jose Amezquita Ovalle

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PRACTICE Problems
1. Express each number in scientific notation.
a. 700 7.00 X 10^2
b. 38,000 3.8X 10^4
c. 4,500,000 4.5 X10^6
d. 685,000,000,000 6.85X 10^11
e. 0.0054 5.4 X 10^-3
f. 0.00000687 6.87 X 10^-6
g. 0.000000076 7.6 X 10^-8
h. 0.0000000008 8 X 10 ^-10

2. Challenge Express each quantity in regular notation along with its appropriate unit.
a. 3.60 × 105 s 360,000 s
0.000054 g/cm/3
b. 5.4 × 10−5 g/cm3
c. 5.060 × 103 km Km 5060 km
d. 8.9 × 1010 Hz 8X10^ -10

PRACTICE Problems
3. Solve each problem, and express the answer in scientific notation.
a. (5 × 10−5) + (2 × 10−5) = 7x10^-5
b. (7 × 108) − (4 × 108) = 3X 10^8
c. (9 × 102) − (7 × 102) =2X10^2
d. (4 × 10−12) + (1 × 10−12) = 5X 10^-12

4. Challenge Express each answer in scientific notation in the units indicated.

a. (1.26 × 104 kg) + (2.5 × 106 g) in kg 1.51 X 10^4 kg
b. (7.06 g) + (1.2 × 10−4 kg) in kg 7.18 X 10^-3kg
c. (4.39 × 105 kg) − (2.8 × 107 g) in kg 4.62 X 10^2 g
 d. (5.36 × 10−1 kg) − (7.40 × 10−2 kg) in g 4.62 X 10^2 g

PRACTICE Problems
Have students refer to the Selected Solutions appendix for complete solutions to odd-numbered
problems. The complete solutions for all problems can be found in the Solutions Manual.

5. Solve each problem, and express the answer in scientific notation.

a. (4 × 102) × (1 × 108) 4 X 10 ^10
b. (2 × 10 ) × (3 × 10 ) 6 X 10^-2
−4 2

c. (6 × 102) ÷ (2 × 101) 3 X 10^1

d. (8 × 104) ÷ (4 × 101) 2 X 10^3

6. Challenge Calculate the areas and densities. Report the answers in the correct units.
a. the area of a rectangle with sides measuring 3 × 101 cm and 3 × 10−2 cm 9 X 10^-1 cm ^2
b. the area of a rectangle with sides measuring 1 × 103 cm and 5 × 10−1 cm 5 X 10^2 cm^2

7. c. the density of a substance having a mass of 9 × 105 g and a volume of 3 × 10−1 cm3 3 X 10^6 g

d. the density of a substance having a mass of 4 × 10−3 g and a volume of 2 × 10−2 cm32 X 10 ^-1