Math Practice When we deal with really big numbers, we often use scientific or engineering notation. It's all about counting how many digits are before or after the decimal point. For example: 1,000 1x103 scientific notation 1E3 engineering notation 1EE3 (which is what you have to punch into many calculators) Warning: make sure that your calculator is using either the big E or EE, and not the little e! Your calculator also should understand that 10E2 1E3 1000. 25,000 2.5x104 2.5E4 = 25E3 Wolt 0.0034 3.4x103 = 3.4E-3 Negative powers are for numbers smaller than one! Now do the following calculations. VT 1012 x 10-10 4. w 1012 10-10 5. 2x10-12 x 3x1010= 5. 6. 8x1013 2x106

Math Practice When we deal with really big numbers, we often use scientific or engineering notation. It's all about counting how many digits are before or after the decimal point. For example: 1,000 1x103 scientific notation 1E3 engineering notation 1EE3 (which is what you have to punch into many calculators) Warning: make sure that your calculator is using either the big E or EE, and not the little e! Your calculator also should understand that 10E2 1E3 1000. 25,000 2.5x104 2.5E4 = 25E3 Wolt 0.0034 3.4x103 = 3.4E-3 Negative powers are for numbers smaller than one! Now do the following calculations. VT 1012 x 10-10 4. w 1012 10-10 5. 2x10-12 x 3x1010= 5. 6. 8x1013 2x106

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter0: A Review Of Basic Algebra

Section0.2: Integer Exponents And Scientific Notation

Problem 121E: Applications Use scientific notation to compute each answer. Write all answer in scientific...

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