Worksheet 0A: Scientific Notation
- Page ID
- 36931
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1. Express the following numbers in scientific notation
- 4051 m
- 0.0169 s
- 0.00090 cm
- 901 s
2. Express the following numbers in decimal form
- \(5.055 \times 10^2 \; \rm{m}\)
- \(6.10 \times 10^{‐3}\; \rm{g}\)
- \(2.12 \times 10^3 \;\rm{s}\)
- \(4.00 \times 10^4 \;\rm{mL}\)
3. Do the following calculations
- \((1.71 \times 10^3) \times (2.0 \times 10^2) =\)
- \(\dfrac{1.64 \times 10^{‐2}}{1.2 \times 10^{‐2}} =\)
- \(1.842 \times 10^{‐3} + 2.22 \times 10^{‐2} =\)
- \(3.4 \times 10^5 – 2.42 \times 10^4 =\)