1. Scientific Notation Scavenger Hunt
Created by Mrs. Garay

2. Write each number in standard notation.
1.76  101
3.12  105
7.6  102
8.54  105
8.9  103

3. Write each number in standard notation.
2.54  102
6.08  104
7.53  103
8.59  105
3.331  106

4. Write each number in standard notation.
4.23  106
 109
8.235  107
9.688  1011
 108

5. Write each number in scientific notation.
9,580,000
250,800 29

6. Write each number in scientific notation.
75,000,000
98,856
0.0505

7. Write each number in scientific notation.
97,406,000,000
652,100,000,000
20,509,000,000,000

8. Science Application
31. Earth is about 93,000,000 miles from the Sun. Write this number in scientific notation.
The diameter of Earth is about
1.276  104 kilometers. The diameter of Venus is about 1.21  104 kilometers. Which planet has the greater diameter, Earth or Venus?

9. Science Application
33. Jupiter is about 778,120,000 kilometers from the Sun. Write this number in scientific notation. 34. The E. coli bacterium is about 5  107 meters wide. A hair is about 1.7  105 meters wide. Which is wider, the bacterium or the hair?

10. Science Application
The volume of the earth is
approximately
260,000,000,000 mi3. Write
this number in scientific
notation.
If light travels 10,000 km in
3.3  102 sec, how long will it take light to travel one meter?

11. Corporation announced that they could produce a
Real World Problems
In June 2001, the Intel
Corporation announced
that they could produce a
silicon transistor that could
switch on and off 1.5
trillion times a second.
Express the speed of the
transistor in scientific
notation.

12. Real World Problems
38. With this transistor, computers will be able to do 1  109 calculations in the time it takes to blink your eye. Express the number of calculations using standard notation.

13. Life Science Application
39. The major components of human blood are red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma. A typical red blood cell has a diameter of approximately 7 x 10-6 meter. A typical platelet has a diameter of approximately 2.33 x 10-6 meter. Which has a greater diameter, a red blood cell or a platelet?

14. Science Application
40. The distance from Earth to the Moon is about 384,000 km. Suppose an astronaut travels this distance a total of 250 times. How many kilometers does the astronaut travel? Write the answer in scientific notation.

15. Real World Problem
41. The maximum length of a particle that can fit through a surgical mask is 1 x 10-4 millimeters. The average length of a dust mite is approximately 1.25 x 10-1 millimeters. Which is longer, the largest particle that can fit through a surgical mask or a dust mite of average length?

16. Life Science Application
The diameter of a human red blood cell ranges from approximately 6 x 10-6 to
8 x meters. Write this range in standard notation.

17. Science Application
43. The orbits of Neptune and Pluto cross each other. Neptune’s average distance from the Sun is approximately 4.5 x 109 kilometers. Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is approximately 5.87 x 109 kilometers. Which object has the greater average distance from the Sun?