Using Scientific Notation to Estimate Quantities

Grade 6β€’45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can estimate the size of very large or very small things by using numbers written in scientific notation.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Convert the number 5,280 into scientific notation.

2. Convert the number 0.000061 into scientific notation.

3. A large library contains approximately 2,500,000 books. Express this number in scientific notation.

...and 4 more questions

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10.6 writing numbers in scientific notation

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