A method of writing very large or very small numbers. Scientific Notation: Examples: * NOTE!! The SHORTCUT involves The EXPONENT MEANS Keep in mind the concept of Are the following numbers written in scientific notation? YES or NO. 1. 2. 3. 4. A method of writing very large or very small numbers. It is written as: a number between one and ten times a power of ten. ZINGS of the decimal. ZINGS, not zeroes. positive exponents being BIG numbers negative exponents being SMALL numbers
Rewrite in Standard Notation. Rewrite in Scientific Notation 5. 12. 5. 12. 6. 13. 7. 14. 8. 15. 9. 16. 10. Cruising speed of a supersonic jet is 1.33 x 103 miles per hour. 17. The population of Asia in 2011 was about 3,271,000,000. 11. One wolffia plant has a mass of about 1.5 x 10-4 gram. 18. It takes 0.000000000334 seconds for light to travel one meter.