1. 10.5 & 10.6 Reading & Writing Scientific Notation
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10.5 & 10.6 Reading & Writing Scientific Notation
Essential Question: How can you read or write numbers in scientific notation?

2. 1.79 x 10 standard form=written as normal # ex. 5,400
scientific notation # written as two factors using power of 10 7
1.79
x 10
A power of 10
A number of 1-9 in front of decimal

3. Example 1
Tell whether the number is written in scientific notation. Explain. 5.9 × 10 −6 0.9 × × × 10 7

4. RULES – Standard Form Scientific Notation. 1
RULES – Standard Form Scientific Notation 1. Always start at the DECIMAL (or imaginary decimal ex. 5 is 5.0)
2. Make scoops from the decimal & Stop when there is only digit of to the left of decimal
3. Count the scoops, NOT the zeros, this is your exponent
4. A standard form # less than one,
will have a negative exponent
5. A standard form # greater than 9
will have a positive exponent

5. Example 2: Write the number in scientific notation
57, ,000,

6. Scientific Notation Standard Form
positive exponent means move the decimal to the right,
negative exponent means move the decimal to the left.

7. positive exponent move decimal right,
negative exponent move decimal left.
Write the number in standard notation.
1.35  105
1.35  10 5
10 = 100,000 5
1.35  100,000
135,000
Think: Move the decimal right 5 places.

8. positive exponent move decimal right,
negative exponent move decimal left.
Write the number in standard notation.
2.7  10–3
0.0027
Think: Move the decimal left 3 places.

9. Example 5
Write the following in standard form × 10 −4 7.9 × × × 10 − × 10 4

10. Example 6
Order the numbers from least to greatest

11. Multiply or Divide #’s in Scientific Notation:
Divide. (keep base of 10 & subtract exponents) 20.5× 10 −3 5.0× 10 2
Multiply. (keep base of 10 then add exponent)
1.5× 10 −4 ×(6× 10 −3 )