Scientific Notation Mastery - Grade 12
A comprehensive worksheet for Grade 12 students to master scientific notation, including operations and real-world applications.
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Scientific Notation Mastery - Grade 12
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1. Scientific notation is a way of writing numbers that are too or too to be conveniently written in decimal form.
2. A number in scientific notation is written as the product of two factors: a coefficient and a power of .
3. The coefficient in scientific notation must be a number greater than or equal to 1 and less than .
4. Which of the following is the correct scientific notation for 0.0000000000056?
5.6 x 10^12
5.6 x 10^-12
0.56 x 10^-11
56 x 10^-13
5. What is the standard form of 3.14 x 10^7?
314,000
3,140,000
31,400,000
314,000,000
6. Express the number 1,234,500,000,000 in scientific notation.
7. Express the number 0.00000000000000000000000167 (mass of a proton in grams) in scientific notation.
8. Calculate (2.5 x 10^4) * (3.0 x 10^5). Express your answer in scientific notation.
9. Calculate (8.4 x 10^9) / (2.0 x 10^3). Express your answer in scientific notation.
10. The number 15 x 10^3 is in correct scientific notation.
True
False
11. When multiplying numbers in scientific notation, you add the exponents.
True
False
12. The Earth is approximately 1.5 x 10^8 kilometers from the Sun. Light travels at a speed of approximately 3.0 x 10^5 kilometers per second. How long does it take for light from the Sun to reach the Earth? Express your answer in seconds using scientific notation.
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