Practice 5

1 Represent these numbers in scientic notation.

a 23 500 b 365 800 c 210 000 000 d 3 650 000 e 569 000 f 7 800 000 000

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2 Represent these numbers as numbers in expanded form (e.g. write 1.034 × 10 as 103.4).

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−3 3 9 −5 −8
a 1.45 × 10 b 2.807 × 10 c 9.8 × 10 d 3.7 × 10 e 5.06 × 10 f 2 × 10

3 Order the following numbers on a number line. Explain your reasoning.

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0.0025 1.42 × 10 9.83 × 10 7.8 × 10 302 × 10 14 2.876 × 10

4 Important discoveries in physics are listed in the table below. Represent each quantity

in scientic notation.

Quantity represented as Quantity represented

Year Discovery

an ordinary number in scientic notation

1676 Speed of light in air 299 792 km/s km/s

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1798 Acceleration due to gravity 980.665 cm/s cm/s

1835 Earth’s magnetic eld (average) 45 microteslas teslas

1850 Speed of light in water 225 000 000 m/s m/s

1998 Average diameter of an atom 1 nanometer meters

5 The word “googol” was introduced by the mathematician Edward Kasner, who asked

his 9-year-old nephew what he should call the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.

It is said that the company name “Google” was an accidental misspelling of the word

“googol”, since Google’s founders planned to make incredibly large amounts of

information available to people.

a Write 1 googol in scientic notation.

b Research how the quantity of information available on the internet compares

with 1 googol.

c Research “googolplex” and write it in scientic notation.

d How do you think you would add 2 googols and 5 googols? How would you

represent the operation and sum in scientic notation?

6 You have learned that a quantity written as a number in expanded form can be

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represented in scientic notation using a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by the

appropriate power of 10. Write a six-word memory aid personal to you that will help

you to remember the conversion process (e.g. “Big move left, small move right”).

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