OPERATIONS

INVOLVING SCIENTIFIC
NOTATION
PREPARED BY:
Mark Anthony B. Baydal
CONCEPTS
NOTES: •When you move the decimal point
going to left the exponent will increase
by how many places it moves. When it
is move going to the right the exponent
will decrease.

𝟏𝟎
𝟎 . 𝟎𝟏𝟒𝟐𝟖𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎
𝟖
𝟏 . 𝟒 𝟐𝟖𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎
𝟔
𝟏 𝟒𝟐 . 𝟖𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎
 How to Add Scientific
Given:
Notation with the same
Exponent ¿
Step # 1 Step # 2
Rewrite the given vertically. Make Add the decimal number, then copy
sure the decimal number is properly the base and exponent.
aligned.

+𝟏
Step # 3
Change the answer into Scientific
Notation, if needed.
How to Subtract Scientific
Given:
Notation with the same
Exponent ¿
Step # 1 Step # 2
Rewrite the given vertically. Make Subtract the decimal number, then
sure the decimal number is properly copy the base and exponent.
aligned.
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Step # 3
Change the answer into Scientific
Notation, if needed.
 How to Add Scientific Given:
Notation with different ¿
Exponent
Step # 1 Step # 2
Rewrite the given vertically. Make sure the Copy the given Scientific notation with the
decimal number is properly aligned. higher exponent, then the smaller exponent
must be equal to the higher exponent.

+𝟐
Step # 3
Add the decimal number, then copy the base Step # 4
and exponent. Change the answer into Scientific
Notation, if needed.
−𝟓
𝟒 . 𝟒𝟎 𝟎 𝟕 ×𝟏𝟎
 How to Subtract Scientific Given:
Notation with different ¿
Exponent
Step # 1 Step # 2
Rewrite the given vertically. Make sure the Copy the given Scientific notation with the
decimal number is properly aligned. higher exponent, then the smaller exponent
must be equal to the higher exponent.

+𝟐
Step # 3
Subtract the decimal number, then copy the Step # 4
base and exponent. 31910 Change the answer into Scientific
Notation, if needed.

𝟗
𝟒 . 𝟐𝟑𝟗𝟑× 𝟏𝟎
TRY THIS!
( 𝟗 . 𝟎𝟓
SOLUTION: × 𝟏𝟎 𝟐)
+( 𝟏 . 𝟒
× 𝟏𝟎 𝟐)

𝟑
𝟏 . 𝟎𝟒𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎 𝟑
TRY THIS!
(𝟕 . 𝟖𝟏
× 𝟏𝟎 −𝟑
SOLUTION: ) −( 𝟗 . 𝟎
𝟒 × 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟑
)

−𝟑
− 𝟏 . 𝟐𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎
TRY THIS!
( 𝟓 . 𝟖𝟏
× 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟔
SOLUTION: )+(𝟔 . 𝟑
𝟔 × 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟗
)

−𝟔
𝟓 . 𝟖𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟔 ×𝟏𝟎
TRY THIS!
( 𝟓 . 𝟖𝟏
× 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟐
SOLUTION: ) − (𝟔 .
𝟑𝟔 × 𝟏
𝟎 𝟏𝟏)

𝟏𝟐
𝟓 . 𝟏𝟕𝟒 ×𝟏𝟎
 How to Multiply
Given:
Scientific Notation
¿
Step # 1
To multiply numbers written in Step # 2
scientific notation, multiply the Change the answer into Scientific
coefficients then copy the base and Notation, if needed.
add the exponents.
+𝟏
𝟏𝟑
𝟔
(𝟑 . 𝟐𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎 )×(𝟓 . 𝟒 ×𝟏𝟎 )
𝟕 𝟏𝟕 . 𝟓𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎
Multiply Add

𝟏𝟑
𝟏𝟕 . 𝟓𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎
 How to Multiply
Given:
Scientific Notation
¿
Step # 1
To multiply numbers written in Step # 2
scientific notation, multiply the Change the answer into Scientific
coefficients then copy the base and Notation, if needed.
add the exponents.
+𝟏
𝟓
𝟏𝟐
(𝟕 . 𝟓× 𝟏𝟎 ) ×(𝟐 .𝟕 ×𝟏𝟎
−𝟕
) 𝟐𝟎 . 𝟐𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎
Multiply Add

𝟓
𝟐𝟎 . 𝟐𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎
 How to Divide
Given:
Scientific Notation
¿
Step # 1
To divide numbers written in scientific
notation, divide the coefficients then Step # 2
copy the base and subtract the Change the answer into Scientific
exponents. Notation, if needed.
𝟏𝟐 𝟕
(𝟕 . 𝟓× 𝟏𝟎 ) ×(𝟐 .𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎 )
Subtract

𝟕 .𝟓
Divide

𝟏𝟐 −𝟕
× 𝟏𝟎
𝟐 .𝟓
𝟓
𝟑 . 𝟎× 𝟏𝟎
 How to Divide
Given:
Scientific Notation
¿
Step # 1
To divide numbers written in scientific
notation, divide the coefficients then Step # 2
copy the base and subtract the Change the answer into Scientific
exponents. Notation, if needed.
𝟏𝟎
(𝟕 . 𝟓× 𝟏𝟎 ) ×(𝟖 . 𝟎× 𝟏𝟎 )
−𝟖
−
𝟏𝟖𝟏
Subtract
𝟎 . 𝟗𝟑𝟕𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎
𝟕 .𝟓
Divide

𝟏𝟎 −(−𝟖)
×𝟏𝟎
𝟖 .𝟎
𝟏𝟖
𝟎 . 𝟗𝟑𝟕𝟓 ×𝟏𝟎
TRY THIS!
(𝟖 . 𝟖 ×
SOLUTION: 𝟏𝟎 𝟓) ×
(𝟏 . 𝟐 ×
𝟏𝟎 𝟔)

𝟏𝟐
𝟏 . 𝟎𝟓𝟔 ×𝟏𝟎
TRY THIS!
(𝟏 . 𝟖 ×
SOLUTION: 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟓)
× (𝟖 . 𝟐 ×
𝟏𝟎 𝟔)

𝟐
𝟏 . 𝟒𝟕𝟔 × 𝟏𝟎
TRY THIS!
(𝟖 . 𝟏 ×
SOLUTION: 𝟏𝟎 𝟕) ÷
( 𝟑 .𝟔 ×
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟑)

−𝟔
𝟐 . 𝟐𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎
TRY THIS!
(𝟖 . 𝟏 ×
SOLUTION: 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟏𝟑)
÷ (𝟏 . 𝟓
× 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟕
)

−𝟔
𝟓 . 𝟒 × 𝟏𝟎