Operations with Scientific Notation

Question 1

Kevin calculated the product of 3.2 × 104 and 3.6 × 102 as 11.52 × 106. Which is the next step that Kevin should apply to his solution?

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C: Write in scientific notation, moving the decimal in the coefficient one place to the left, which adds 1 to the exponent value.

Question 2

What is the value of n in the scientific notation of the product?n =

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-2

Question 3

What scientific value for n will make this equation true?(4.8 × 10–3)(n) = 9.6 × 109

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D: 2.0 × 1012

Question 4

What conclusions can be drawn about finding the quotient in scientific notation? Check all that apply.

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B: The exponent of the solution is –12, the difference of the original exponents.; C: The coefficient of the solution must be greater than or equal to one but less than 10.; D: The quotient is 3.0 × 10-12

Question 5

Find the quotient of 2.5 × 10-3 and 7.1 × 106. What can be concluded about the solution? Check all that apply.

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A: The E indicates that the solution is given in scientific notation.; B: The coefficient is 3.5211.; D: The solution can be written in scientific notation as 3.5211 × 10-10.

Question 6

Analyze Nick’s solution. Is he correct? If not, what was his mistake?

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B: No, the power multiplied to 8.64 should have an exponent of 0.

Question 7

How can Buster tell without fully performing the calculations?

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B: Buster can tell the answer is less than 1, because he can subtract the exponents to see that the solution will have an exponent of –5.

Question 8

Question 8

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: pounds; : ounces; : tons

Question 9

1. ✔ poundsouncestons

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B: ✔ ounces

Question 10

What is the product of 8.2 × 109 and 4.5 × 10-5 in scientific notation?

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C: 3.69 × 105

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