2,800,000,000 cubic centimeters per minute. How many per year?

In this lesson you will learn how to estimate products of large numbers by using scientific notation.

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Let’s Review Core Lesson About 2,800,000,000 cm 3 per minute. About minutes in a year. How many cm 3 per year?

In this lesson you have learned to estimate products of large numbers by using scientific notation.

Let’s Review Guided Practice It would take about 2500 water droplets lined up side by side to reach a length of 1 inch. There are inches in a mile. Use scientific notation to estimate how many water droplets would need to be lined up to reach a length of 1 mile.

Let’s Review Extension Activities Study metric system prefixes for large measurements.

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Let’s Review Quick Quiz Light travels 186,000 miles per second. There are about seconds in a year. Use scientific notation to estimate how many miles light travels in a year. A country has a population of about 42,580,000. The country’s debt averages to $52,000 per person. Use scientific notation to estimate the country’s total debt.