General - AM.I.H.K8 - Scientific (exponential) notation, decimal notation, fractional notation, binary notation, and conversion between these various forms of numeric notation.

Question 1

What is the base in the following expression: 10 to the power 3?

Answer 1

10

Question 2

What is the exponent in the following expression: 10 to the power 3?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

What is meant by scientific notation?

Answer 3

A method of writing very large of very small numbers using powers of 10

Question 4

How do you write 56,000,000 in scientific notation?

Answer 4

When converting standard notation to scientific notation, move the decimal to the left of right until there is one non-zero integer on its left
- If you moved the decimal to the left, you’ll multiply by ten times the number you moved it to the left
- So 56,000,000, would be 5.6 x 10 to the power 7

Question 5

How do you write 0.000,000,96 in scientific notation?

Answer 5

9.6 x 10 to the power -7