Prefixes And Scientific Notation

Question 1

What are the two ways of simplifying in physics?

Answer 1

Scientific notation

Prefixes

Question 2

Name the prefixes and their value + standard form

Answer 2

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Tera - 10¹² (1 000 000 000 000)
Giga- 10⁹ (1 000 000 000)
Mega- 10⁶ (1 000 000)
kilo- 10³ (1000)
hecto- 10² (100)
deca- 10¹ (10)
Base unit - 10⁰ (1) 
deci- 10-¹ (0.1)
centi- 10-² (0.01)
milli- 10-³ (0.001)
micro- 10-⁶ (0.000 001)
nano- 10-⁹ (0.000 000 001)
pico - 10-¹² (0.000 000 000 001)

Question 3

What is scientific notation?

Answer 3

A way of writing down large numbers or very small numbers easily

Question 4

What is 4000 in standard form?

Answer 4

4 × 10³

Question 5

What happens when you’re putting a number in standard form and the decimal is moved to the left? And what happens if moved to the right?

Answer 5

It is positive on the left and negative on the right!

Question 6

What is 5.8 in standard form?

Answer 6

5.8 × 10⁰

Question 7

If I had 360 000 00 W and I wanted it in scientific notation, what would it be?

Answer 7

3.6 MW × 10⁶