DO
NOW!



Evaluate
the
following
powers
of
10:


1.  103

2.  105

3.  107

4.  109

5.  100

 DO
NOW!

Evaluate
the
following
powers
of
10:


1.  103

 =
10
×
10
×
10
=
1,000.

2.  105
 =
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
=
100,000.

3.  107
 =
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
=
10,000,000.

4.  109
 =
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
=
1,000,000,000

5.  100
 =
1

 Lesson
8
–
Part
1:


How
can
we
work
with
scienLfic
notaLon?



Standards:
7.N.5,
7.N.6,
and
7.N.7

 WHAT
IS
SCIENTIFIC
NOTATION?


ScienLfic
 notaLon
 is
 a
 way
 of
 wriLng
 numbers

using
powers
of
10.
Huh?!
1,000,000
=
1.0
×
106.



WHY
USE
IT?


ScienLfic
 NotaLon
 was
 developed
 in
 order
 to

easily
represent
decimal
numbers
that
are
either

very
 large
 or
 very
 small.
 Today,  we  will  look  at 
very large numbers. 
Here
are
some
examples
of
very
large
numbers:



There
 are
 close
 to
 two
 hundred
 billion
 (200,000,000,000)


stars
in
the
Milky
Way
Galaxy.



A
 single
 gram
 of
 hydrogen
 contains
 approximately


600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
 (six
 hundred
 sexLllion)

protons.


From
these
examples,
you
can
see
how
it
might
be
useful
to

have
a
shorter
way
of
wriLng
really
large
numbers.


 So
how
do
you
write
a
number
using

scienAfic
notaAon?


In
scienLfic
notaLon,
numbers
are
wri^en
as
the

product
of
two
factors.
The
first
factor
is
greater

than
or
equal
to
1
but
less
than
10.
The
second

factor
is
a
power
of
10.

EXAMPLES:
 
68,000,000.
=
6.8
×
107


 
 
3,923
=
3.923
×
103


WHAT
DO
YOU
NOTICE???

 HOW? 
The
 format
 for
 wriLng
 a
 number
 in
 scienLfic

notaLon
follows
a
few
simple
steps:


1.  Write
 the
 first
 digit
 of
 the
 number,
 followed

by
a
decimal
point.


2.  Write
the
other
digits
of
the
number.

3.  MulLply
by
10
to
an
appropriate
power.

 Write
127,200
in
scienLfic
notaLon.


127,200. 
 Move
 the
 decimal
 point
 so
 that
 the
 resulLng

number
is
between
1
and
10.


1.27200 
 Count
 the
 number
 of
 places
 you
 moved
 the

decimal
point
to
the
led
and
use
it
as
a
power

of
10.
In
this
case,
led
5
places.
The
power
is

posiLve
if
you
move
to
the
led.


1.272
×
105
 
Check
your
work
to
make
sure
you
have
used

the
correct
exponent.



1.272
×
100,000
=
1.272
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
×
10
=
127,200

There
 are
 close
 to
 two
 hundred
 billion

(200,000,000,000
 –
 this
 is
 decimal  nota<on)
 stars
 in

the
Milky
Way
Galaxy.


Re‐write
the
above
number,
using
scienLfic
notaLon.



NoLce
how
the
exponent
is
posiLve
for
large
numbers.


Re‐wriLng
in
decimal nota<on form…

Remember, decimal nota<on is just standard form.  
How
can
we
write
3.6
×
107
in
decimal
notaLon?

The
world’s
populaLon
is
approximately
7
×
109.

What
is
this
in
decimal
notaLon?


 ScienAfic
NotaAon
and
the
Solar
System

Here
are
some
interesLng
facts
about
the
Solar
System:

Average
Distance
from
 Minimum
Distance
from
 Surface
Area

the
Sun
(Miles)
 Earth
(Miles)
 (Square
Miles)

Sun
 ‐
 91
million
 2,347,000,000,000

Earth
 9.295582
×
108
 ‐
 196,937,500

Jupiter
 4.8368281
×
108
 365
million

 24,007,700,000

Mars
 1.4163326
×
109
 35
million

 55,640,000

Mercury
 3.5983095
×
108
 48.0
million

 28,900,000

Neptune
 2.7950848
×
1010
 2.68
billion

 2,950,100,000

Pluto
 3.67005
×
1010
 2.67
billion
 6,430,000

Saturn
 8.859047
×
109
 746
million

 16,782,000,000

Uranus

 1.7839394
×
108
 1.6
billion

 3,133,400,000

Venus
 6.723791
×
108
 25
million

 177,700,000


Complete
the
table,
by
wriLng
the
missing
decimal
and

scienLfic
notaLons.


 Average
Distance
from
 Minimum
Distance
from
 Surface
Area

the
Sun
(Miles)
 Earth
(Miles)
 (Square
Miles)


Sun
 ‐
 91
million
 2,347,000,000,000


Earth
 9.295582
×
108
 ‐
 196,937,500


Jupiter
 4.8368281
×
108
 365
million

 24,007,700,000


Mars
 1.4163326
×
109
 35
million

 55,640,000


Mercury
 3.5983095
×
108
 48.0
million

 28,900,000


Neptune
 2.7950848
×
1010
 2.68
billion

 2,950,100,000


Pluto
 3.67005
×
1010
 2.67
billion
 6,430,000


Saturn
 8.859047
×
109
 746
million

 16,782,000,000


Uranus

 1.7839394
×
108
 1.6
billion

 3,133,400,000


Venus
 6.723791
×
108
 25
million

 177,700,000


 HOMEWORK

Find
 a
 small
 and
 large
 decimal
 number,
 related
 to

an
 interesLng
 fact,
 and
 write
 it
 in
 both
 decimal

notaLon
 and
 scienLfic
 notaLon.
 For
 example,
 the

mass
of
a
typical
raindrop
is
8.7
×
10‐5
grams.



LEARNING
LOG
–
7.N.5/7.N.6/7.N.7

A,
 B,
 C,
 and
 D
 represent
 digits
 in
 two
 posiLve

numbers.
 A.B
 ×
 103
 and
 C.D
 ×
 105.
 Explain
 why

you
can
determine
the
greater
number
without

knowing
the
value
of
these
le^ers.