Powers of Ten Worksheet
A Grade 9 math worksheet focusing on understanding and applying powers of ten in various mathematical contexts.
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Powers of Ten
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work where applicable.
1. What is the value of 10 to the power of 4?
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
2. Which of the following is equivalent to 0.001?
10^1
10^-1
10^3
10^-3
3. When multiplying powers of ten, you the exponents.
4. Scientific notation expresses numbers as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of .
5. Express the number 5,200,000 in scientific notation.
6. Convert 3.4 x 10^-5 to standard form.
7. The number 1 can be written as 10^0.
True
False
8. When dividing powers of ten, you multiply the exponents.
True
False
9. The mass of a dust particle is approximately 7.5 x 10^-10 kg. The mass of a small pebble is 3.0 x 10^-3 kg. How many times heavier is the pebble than the dust particle?