Scientific Notation -standard Form

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Scientific Notation a special way of writing numbers that are too big or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form. Scientific notation has a number of useful properties and is commonly used in calculators and by scientists, mathematicians and engineers. NO RETAKES ALLOWED FOR THIS QUIZ

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1.

SELECT ALL OF THE CHOICES IN SCIENTIFIC NOTATION BY CHECKING BELOW
- A.
  
  536,000
- B.
  
  5.36 X 10 ^ 5
- C.
  
  0.356
- D.
  
  7.8 X 10 ^ -3
- E.
  
  3.56 X 10 ^2
- F.
  
  450
- G.
  
  5.67 X 10 ^ -5
- H.
  
  0.700 X 10^5
- I.
  
  927.00
2.

CHECK ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN STANDARD FORM
- A.
  
  2.450
- B.
  
  2,450
- C.
  
  345.345
- D.
  
  3.45 X 10^2
- E.
  
  792,098
- F.
  
  7.92098 X 10 ^5
3.

The Earth's circumference is approximately ____________________. In scientific notation, this is 4 X 10⁷ m.
4.

Is this statement true or false? The Earth's mass is about 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. In scientific notation, this is written as 5.9736 X 10²⁴ kg.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

Find the answer to the following question in Scientific Notation: 0.0000056 =
- A.
  
  56 X 10 ^-6
- B.
  
  5.6 X 10 ^6
- C.
  
  5.6 X 10 ^-6
- D.
  
  5.6 X 10 ^-5