1. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4 If 4.46 x 10 11 telephone calls were placed by 1.35 x 10 8 American telephone subscribers, what was the average number of calls placed per subscriber?  Answer is about 3,304 calls

2. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  We are going to apply our knowledge that we learned from yesterday. You will be given some problems (1 at a time). With your group, see if you can use scientific and standard notation to answer the questions.  Write the problems down and then figure out if your group can get a plan to solve them.  We will work the problems out on the board after each group tries to solve them first.

3. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  A web site averages 4.5 x 10 4 hits per day. How many hits will it get in 3.6 x 10 2 days?  Answer is 16,200,000

4. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  Two companies merged to form a new company. One company was worth $3.5 x 10 7. The other was worth $7.8 x 10 8. What is the combined value of the new company?  Answer is $815,000,000

5. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  In 2010, the world population was about 6.7 x 10 9. The population of United States was about 3.1 x 10 8 About how many more times is the world’s population bigger than the U.S.? Use 1 number! Answer is 22 times

6. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  In 2010, the population of India was about 1.16 x 10 9. The population of United States was about 3.1 x 10 8 How much more was the population of India than the United States in 2010? Answer is 850,000,000

7. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  Rhode Island is the smallest state. It has an approximate area of 1.5 x 10 3 square miles. Alaska is the largest state. The area of Alaska is 4.28 x 10 2 times greater than the area of Rhode Island. What is the approximate area of Alaska in square miles? Answer is 642,000

8. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  The GDP of China in 2009 was about $8.7 x 10 12. The GDP of Togo in 2009 was about $5.5 x 10 9.  How much greater was China’s GDP than Togo’s GDP in 2009? Answer is 8.6945 x 10 12

9. Operating With Scientific Notation 3-4  (1) Product of Powers  (2) Quotient of Powers  (3) Power of Powers  (4) Negative Exponents  (5) Equivalent Expressions  (6) Scientific Notation