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    Scientific notation is used to express very large and very small numbers in a concise way. It consists of two parts: a coefficient between 1 and 10 and an exponent of 10. To convert to scientific notation, the decimal is moved to have one non-zero digit before it and the exponent counts the places moved. To convert from scientific notation, the decimal is moved right for positive exponents and left for negative exponents. Scientific notation is useful in science for calculations requiring precision with large and small numbers.

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    Scientific notation is used to express very large and very small numbers in a concise way. It consists of two parts: a coefficient between 1 and 10 and an exponent of 10. To convert to scientific notation, the decimal is moved to have one non-zero digit before it and the exponent counts the places moved. To convert from scientific notation, the decimal is moved right for positive exponents and left for negative exponents. Scientific notation is useful in science for calculations requiring precision with large and small numbers.

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    Scientific notation is used to express very large and very small numbers in a concise way. It consists of two parts: a coefficient between 1 and 10 and an exponent of 10. To convert to scientific notation, the decimal is moved to have one non-zero digit before it and the exponent counts the places moved. To convert from scientific notation, the decimal is moved right for positive exponents and left for negative exponents. Scientific notation is useful in science for calculations requiring precision with large and small numbers.

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    Scientific notation is used to express very large and very small numbers in a concise way. It consists of two parts: a coefficient between 1 and 10 and an exponent of 10. To convert to scientific notation, the decimal is moved to have one non-zero digit before it and the exponent counts the places moved. To convert from scientific notation, the decimal is moved right for positive exponents and left for negative exponents. Scientific notation is useful in science for calculations requiring precision with large and small numbers.

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    Working With

    Numbers in Science

    Scientific
    Notation
    Today’s Learning Goals and
    Success Criteria
    ■ I can state two reasons for using
    scientific notation in science
    calculations
    ■ I can state the two parts of a number
    expressed in scientific notation
    ■ I can convert numbers that are in
    scientific notation into standard notation
    ■ I can convert numbers that are in
    standard notation into scientific notation
    ■ In science you may work with very large
    numbers
    – Astronomy (distances)
    • 1 light year = 9.46 X 1015 m
    • 1 parsec = 3.09 X 1016 m (3.25 light years)
    – Chemistry (number of atoms/molecules)
    • 6.02 X 1023 atoms in 12.0 g of carbon
    • 1.20 X 1024 atoms in 26.0 g of sodium
    ■ You can also find yourself working with
    very small numbers
    – Biology
    • diameter of a cell = 7.0 X 10-9 m
    – Chemistry (size of atoms/molecules)
    • Mass of an atom = 1.99 X 10-23 g
    What is scientific notation?

    ■ Scientific notation is a way of


    expressing very large numbers or
    very small numbers.
    ■ It is most often used in “scientific”
    calculations where the analysis
    must be very precise.
    Why use scientific notation?
    ■ For very large and very small
    numbers, these numbers can be
    converted into scientific notation to
    express them in a more concise
    form.
    ■ Numbers expressed in scientific
    notation can be used in a
    computation with far greater ease.
    Scientific notation consists of
    two parts:
    ■ A coefficient – a number between 1
    and 10 (greater than or equal to 1
    and less than 10)

    ■ A power of 10

    coefficient x 10x
    To change standard form to
    scientific notation…
    ■ Place the decimal point so that
    there is one non-zero digit to the
    left of the decimal point.
    ■ Count the number of decimal
    places the decimal point has
    “moved” from the original number.
    This will be the exponent on the 10.
    Continued…

    ■ If the original number was less than


    1, then the exponent is negative. If
    the original number was greater
    than 1, then the exponent is
    positive.
    Example 1

    Given: 289 800 000


    Answer: 2.89 800 000
    (moved 8 spaces)
    8
    = 2.898 x 10
    Example 2

    Given: 0.000052
    Answer: 5.2
    (moved 5 spaces)
    -5
    = 5.2 x 10
    Practice
    Convert the following:
    5
    ■ 320 000 = 3.2 x 10
    ■ 0.00000967 = 9.67 x 10-6
    ■ 51 014 000 = 5.1014 x 107
    ■ 0.0030578 = 3.0578 x 10-3
    ■ 0.00012 = 1.2 x 10 -4
    To change scientific notation to
    standard form…
    ■ Simply move the decimal point to
    the right for positive exponent 10.
    ■ Move the decimal point to the left
    for negative exponent 10.
    ■ (Use zeros to fill in places.)
    Example 3

    Given: 5.093 x 106


    Answer: 5 093 000
    (moved 6 places to the right)
    Example 4

    Given: 1.976 x 10-4


    Answer: 0.0001976
    (moved 4 places to the left)
    Practice
    Convert the following:
    7
    ■ 6.05 x 10 = 60 500 000
    ■ 8.901 x 104 = 89 010
    -6
    ■ 2.3 x 10 = 0.000 0023
    ■ 4.01 x 10-2 = 0.0401
    ■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz6
    cYr5tHe0

    ■ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWof
    6knvQwE
    Lesson Practice

    ■ Complete Scientific Notation Worksheet


    ■ Check your answers online

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