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Scientific Notation Classwork
Write each number in scientific notation.
1) 0.000000786
2) 3940
3) 4.7
4) 1260000
5) 0.06
6) 175
Write each number in standard form.
7) 6.17 x 103
8) 7 x 104
9) 7.31 x 106
10) 5.4 x 10-8
11) 6.7 x 103
12) 9.59 x 102
Write each number in scientific notation.
13) 0.2 x 106
14) 30 x 10-8
15) 88.4 x 103
16) Jupiter has a diameter of about 143,000 km. Its shortest distance from Earth is about 5.91 X 108
km, and its average distance from the sun is about 778,400,000 km. Jupiter’s orbital speed is
approximately 1.3 x 104 m/s.
A. Write Jupiter’s shortest distance from Earth in standard form.
B. Write Jupiter’s average distance from the Sun in scientific notation.
C. What is Jupiter’s orbital speed in standard form?
D. What is Jupiter’s diameter in scientific notation?
17) A light-year is the distance that light travels in a year and is equivalent to 9.461 x 10 12 km. Write
the distance in standard form.
18) At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the population of China was about 1,287,000,000.
Write this number in scientific notation.
19) Create a 10 question quiz over scientific notation. You must create your own problems that cover
writing in scientific notation and standard form. You must also include an answer key.