Alg 1 3-15-10

1.Get a calc and your keypad.

2.Sit next to your assigned partner.
3.Open up binders ready to take notes – binder
check.
4.Formative Test this week – WED & FRI. – this is
the last one.
5.EOC TEST 5/4/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
0.0000005235
11

10
5 x
3.1

11

10
5 x
3.1
3.1432765654343636
 23,345,345,678,554,561

Learn to express large

and small numbers in
scientific notation.
0.00000000213
OUR SUN IS 93,000,000 MILES
FROM EARTH.
How do you write this in scientific
notation? 93,000,000
The Distance From the Sun to the Earth

93,000,000
 Step 1
• Move decimal left
• Leave only one number in front of decimal
 Step 2
• Write number without zeros
 Step 3
• Count how many places you moved decimal
• Make that your power of ten
• 93,000,000 ---
Standard Form

• 9.3 x 107 ---

Scientific Notation
The speed of light is 186,000
miles per second.

What is the speed of light in

miles per hour?
 186000 mi per sec
x 3600 sec per hr
------------------
669600000 mi per hr
669600000
8
6.696 x 10
At that speed, how far can light travel in
one year?

669600000
 669600000 mph
8760 hr per yr
------------------------------------
5,865,696,000,000 mi per yr
5,868,324,000,000
Over 5.8 trillion miles per year

Write in scientific notation.

12
5.868324 x10
 Write 28750.9 in scientific notation.
1. 2.87509 x 10-5
2. 2.87509 x 10-4
3. 2.87509 x 104
4. 2.87509 x 105
 How wide is our universe?
210,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles
(22 zeros)
This number is written in decimal
notation. When numbers get this
large, it is easier to write them in
scientific notation.
 Scientific Notation

A number is expressed in scientific

notation when it is in the form
a x 10n
where a is between 1 and 10
and n is an integer
 Write the width of the universe in scientific
notation.

210,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles
Where is the decimal point now?
After the last zero.
Where would you put the decimal to make
this number be between 1 and 10?
Between the 2 and the 1
 2.10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

How many decimal places did you move the

decimal?
23
When the original number is more than 1,
the exponent is positive.
The answer in scientific notation is
2.1 x 1023
The nearest star to Earth (besides our
sun) is Alpha Centauri.

It takes light 4.5 years to

travel from Alpha Centauri
to Earth.
How many miles is it from
Earth to Alpha Centauri?
4.5 x 5,865,696,000,000
26,395,632,000,000

13
2.6395632 x 10
 The fastest spacecraft ever
built by man travels at
150,000 mph.

How long would it take to get

to Alpha Centauri?
26,395,632,000,000 /150,000
26,395,632,000,000 / 150,000

175,970,880 hours

20,088 years
 Write 531.42 x 105 in scientific notation.
1. .53142 x 102
2. 5.3142 x 103
3. 53.142 x 104
4. 531.42 x 105
5. 53.142 x 106
6. 5.3142 x 107
7. .53142 x 108
 More Practice Problems
On these, decide where the decimal will be moved.

7.34 xx10
1) 734,000,000 = ______ 108 8
2) 870,000,000,000 = ______x
8.7 x 10111011
3) 90,000,000,000 = _____
9 x 10x101010
 Complete Practice Problems
Write in scientific notation.

1) 50,000 5 x 104
2) 7,200,000 7.2 x 106
3) 802,000,000,000 8.02 x 1011
WHAT ABOUT SMALL
NUMBERS?
 1) Express 0.0000000902 in scientific
notation.
Where would the decimal go to make the
number be between 1 and 10?
9.02
The decimal was moved how many places?
8
When the original number is less than 1, the
exponent is negative.
9.02 x 10-8
2) Express 1.8 x 10-4 in decimal notation.
0.00018
3) Express 4.58 x 106 in decimal notation.
4,580,000
On the graphing calculator, scientific
notation is done with the button.
4.58 x 106 is typed 4.58 6
4) Use a calculator to evaluate:
4.5 x 10-5
1.6 x 10-2
Type 4.5 -5 1.6 -2

You must include parentheses if you don’t use

those buttons!!
(4.5 x 10 -5) (1.6 x 10 -2)

0.0028125
Write in scientific notation.
2.8125 x 10-3
5) Use a calculator to evaluate:
7.2 x 10 -9

1.2 x 102
On the calculator, the answer is:
6.E -11
The answer in scientific notation is
6 x 10 -11
The answer in decimal notation is
0.00000000006
 6) Use a calculator to evaluate
(0.0042)(330,000).
On the calculator, the answer is
1386.
The answer in decimal notation is
1386
The answer in scientific notation is
1.386 x 103
 7) Use a calculator to evaluate
(3,600,000,000)(23).
On the calculator, the answer is:
8.28 E +10
The answer in scientific notation is
8.28 x 10 10
The answer in decimal notation is
82,800,000,000
 Write (2.8 x 103)(5.1 x 10-7) in scientific
notation.
1. 14.28 x 10-4
2. 1.428 x 10-3
3. 14.28 x 1010
4. 1.428 x 1011
Write in PROPER scientific notation.
(Notice the number is not between 1 and 10)
8) 234.6 x 109
2.346 x 1011
9) 0.0642 x 104
on calculator: 642
6.42 x 10 2
The power of
ten is 7 because
the decimal
moved 7 places.
 Practice Problem
Write in scientific notation.
Decide the power of ten.

9.85 x 107
1) 98,500,000 = 9.85 x 10 ?

6.41 x 1010
2) 64,100,000,000 = 6.41 x 10?
2.79 x 108
3) 279,000,000 = 2.79 x 10?
4) 4,200,000 = 4.2 x 10? 4.2 x 106
Scientific Notation to Standard Form

Move the decimal to the right

3.4 x 105 in scientific notation

3.40000 --- move the decimal

340,000 in standard form

 Write in Standard Form

• 6.27 x 106 • 6,270,000

• 9.01 x 104 • 90,100