Assignment: Scientific Notation

Please work the problem in your homework notebook and arrange it in an organized manner for
when I grade your notebooks. As I have mentioned before, I want to see that you are trying to
work the problems but I understand that you may not get them all correct. Show your work
otherwise I will assume that you just copied the answer at the end of assignment. If you are
having difficulty with anything, let me know so we can try to work on it. Keep track of your
units, the units are important.

PROBLEMS:
1. Write in following in scientific notation.
a. 1345100 m = ________ km
b. 54.32 ps = _________ s
c. 3.0 m = ______ mm.
2. Solve each problem. Give the correct number of significant digits in the answers.
a.

4.667 x 10 4 g +3.02 x 10 5 g

b.
1.70 x 10 2 J
4
3
5.922 x 1 0 cm

3. Calculate the following, round off to the correct number of significant figures, and express
your result in scientific notation.
4
a. (1.14)( 9.99 x 1 0

b. (2.78

c.

x 1 08 (5.31

12
3
(4.56 x 10 )

d. 27.6 + (5.99

x 1 02 )

x 1 09 )

Assignment: Scientific Notation

ANSWERS:
1.
a.

1.3451 x 103 km

b.

54.32 x 10

c.

3 x 1 03 mm

12

2. As
a.

3.49 x 105 g

b.

2.87 x 10

J
cm3

3.
a. 1.14

x 1 05

b. 2.25

x10

c. 8.27

x 1 03

d. 6.27

x 1 02