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Do Now Evaluate each expression. 123 1,000 2. 123 1,000 3. 0.003 100 4. 0.003 100. 123,000. 0.123. 0.3. 0.00003.
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Do Now Evaluate each expression. 123 1,000 2. 123 1,000 3. 0.003 100 4. 0.003 100 123,000 0.123 0.3 0.00003
Scientific notation is a method of writing numbers that are very large or very small. A number written in scientific notation has two parts that are multiplied. The first part is a number that is greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10. The second part is a power of 10.
Astronomy Application Saturn has a diameter of about km. Its distance from the Sun is about 1,427,000,000 km. Write Saturn’s diameter in standard form. 1 2 0 0 0 0 Move the decimal point 5 places to the right. 120,000 km
Astronomy Application Saturn has a diameter of about km. Its distance from the Sun is about 1,427,000,000 km. Write Saturn’s distance from the Sun in scientific notation. 1,427,000,000 1,4 2 7,0 0 0,0 0 0 9 places 1.427 109 km
The direction When to move the decimal to the right or the left.