Writing Numbers in Scientific Notation
8th Grade · Math · 60 min· 8.ee.a.3
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Learning Objective
I can convert numbers from standard form to scientific notation.
- 1
Scientific notation is useful for writing very large or very small numbers in a concise way.
- 2
When converting from scientific notation to standard form, a positive exponent indicates moving the decimal to the right, while a negative exponent indicates moving it to the left.
- 3
To convert a number like 120,000 to scientific notation, it can be written as 1.2 x 10 to the fifth power.
