Let's practice converting large numbers into
scientific notation.
Take the following quiz and see how you do!
1. 87,000 written in scientific
notation
a) 8.7 x
10-4
b) .87 x
105
c) 8.7 x
104
2. There are approximately 6,500,000,000 people in the
world. What is that number written in scientific notation?
a) 6.5 x
109
b) 65 x 109
c) .65 x
109
3. Write 70,000 as a power of ten.
a) 7 x 10-4
b) 7.0 x
104
c) 7 x 104
4. The distance from the Earth to
the sun is 93,000,000 miles. What is the scientific notation?
a) 93 x 107
b) 9.3 x
107
c) .93 x
107
5. The distance around the equator is 2.49 x 104 miles. What is this distance in standard form?
a) 249,
000 miles
b) 24,900
miles
c)
2,490,000 miles
