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a way to express very small or very

large numbers that is often used in
"scientific" calculations where the
analysis must be very precise.
Scientific Notation is a way of writing a
number as a multiplication problem
where….

the first number is greater than one

but less than ten
and
the second number is a power of 10.
POWERS OF 10

Notice that the

negative powers
are decimals.
To Change from Standard Form to Scientific
Notation:
(1)Place decimal point such that there is one
non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point.
(2)Count number of decimal places the
decimal has "moved" from the original
number. This will be the exponent of the 10.
(3)If the original number was less than 1, the
exponent is negative; if the original number
was greater than 1, the exponent is positive.
Example:
4,750,000
Use 4.75 (moved 6 decimal
places)
answer: 4.75 X 106
The original number was greater than 1 so the

exponent is positive.
Example: 0.000789
Use 7.89 (moved
4 decimal
places)
answer: 7.89 x 10-
4

The original number was less than 1 so the

Try these:

4
61,500 = 6.15 x 10

77
84,960,000 = 8.496 x 10

321 = 3.21 x 10
2
Try these:
-4
0.000527 = 5.27 x 10

-7
0.0000004 = 4 x 10

REMEMBER, the first number must be 1 or more, but

less than 10. That means the first number before the
decimal point can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.
 To Change from Scientific
Notation to Standard Form:
(1) Move decimal point to
RIGHT
for POSITIVE exponent of 10.
(2) Move decimal point to
LEFT
Example:

5.024 x 10 3

answer: 5,024
(3 places to right)
Positive exponent- move
decimal to the right.
Example:
1.015 x 10 -8

answer: 0.00000001015 (8
places to left)
Negative exponent- move decimal to the
left.
Write in standard form… try these:

1.09 x 10 = 109,000
4

4.2273 x 10 = 42,273
-3

9.42 x 10 = 0.00942