When using small numbers in
scientific notation...

The decimal point always goes
after the first non-zero digit.

  The exponent tells us how many places
we move the decimal to the left
in standard form.

 

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Scientific Notation

Answer choices in standard notation

 


  0.000803

  0.0803

  0.00803
 

 


  0.00002

  0.0002

  0.000002
 

 


  0.00075

  0.075

  0.0075
 

 


  0.00999

  0.0999

  0.999
 

 


  0.00000104

  0.000000104

  0.000104
 

 

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Standard Notation

 

Answer choices in scientific notation

0.0097  
0.000003
 
0.000213
 
0.046
 
0.0000003814
 


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