Understanding Scientific Notation
A worksheet for 6th graders to practice writing and understanding large and small numbers using scientific notation.
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Understanding Scientific Notation
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Scientific notation is a way to write very large or very small numbers easily.
1. Scientific notation is used to represent very large or very small .
2. In scientific notation, a number 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. When moving the decimal point to the right, the exponent of 10 will be .
1. Which of the following numbers is written in correct scientific notation?
12.5 x 10^3
0.75 x 10^5
3.4 x 10^-2
1.0 x 10^0
1. Write the number 45,000,000 in scientific notation.
2. Write the number 0.0000067 in scientific notation.
1. Write 3.2 x 10^5 in standard form.
2. Write 7.8 x 10^-4 in standard form.
1. The number 5400 can be written as 5.4 x 10^3 in scientific notation.
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