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Scientific Notation
Scavenger Hunt
Created by Mrs. Garay
Write each number in standard notation.
1.
1.76  101
2.
3.12  105
3.
7.6  102
4.
8.54  105
5.
8.9  103
Write each number in standard notation.
6.
2.54  102
7.
6.08  104
8.
7.53  103
9.
8.59  105
10. 3.331  106
Write each number in standard notation.
11.
4.23  106
12.
2.0547  109
13.
8.235  107
14.
9.688  1011
15.
6.0089  108
Write each number in scientific notation.
16.
9,580,000
17.
250,800
18.
0.0002008
19.
0.000094
20.
29
Write each number in scientific notation.
21.
75,000,000
22.
0.003007
23.
98,856
24.
0.00852
25.
0.0505
Write each number in scientific notation.
26.
97,406,000,000
27.
652,100,000,000
28.
0.000000084
29.
0.0000000007254
30.
20,509,000,000,000
Science Application
31. Earth is about 93,000,000
miles from the Sun. Write this
number in scientific notation.
32. The diameter of Earth is about
1.276  104 kilometers.
The diameter of Venus is
about 1.21  104 kilometers.
Which planet has the greater
diameter, Earth or Venus?
Science Application
33. Jupiter is about 778,120,000
kilometers from the Sun. Write
this number in scientific
notation.
34. The E. coli bacterium is about
5  107 meters wide. A hair is
about 1.7  105 meters wide.
Which is wider, the bacterium
or the hair?
Science Application
35. The volume of the earth is
approximately
260,000,000,000 mi3. Write
this number in scientific
notation.
36. If light travels 10,000 km in
3.3  102 sec, how long will it
take light to travel one meter?
Real World Problems
37. In June 2001, the Intel
Corporation announced
that they could produce a
silicon transistor that could
switch on and off 1.5
trillion times a second.
Express the speed of the
transistor in scientific
notation.
Real World Problems
38. With this transistor, computers
will be able to do 1  109
calculations in the time it takes
to blink your eye. Express the
number of calculations using
standard notation.
Life Science Application
39. The major components of
human blood are red blood
cells, white blood cells,
platelets, and plasma. A typical
red blood cell has a diameter of
approximately 7 x 10-6 meter. A
typical platelet has a diameter
of approximately 2.33 x 10-6
meter. Which has a greater
diameter, a red blood cell or a
platelet?
Science Application
40. The distance from Earth to the
Moon is about 384,000 km.
Suppose an astronaut travels
this distance a total of 250
times. How many kilometers
does the astronaut travel?
Write the answer in scientific
notation.
Real World Problem
41. The maximum length of a
particle that can fit through a
surgical mask is 1 x 10-4
millimeters. The average
length of a dust mite is
approximately 1.25 x 10-1
millimeters. Which is longer,
the largest particle that can fit
through a surgical mask or a
dust mite of average length?
Life Science Application
42. The diameter of a human red
blood cell ranges from
approximately 6 x 10-6 to
8 x 10-6 meters. Write this
range in standard notation.
Science Application
43. The orbits of Neptune and Pluto
cross each other. Neptune’s
average distance from the Sun
is approximately 4.5 x 109
kilometers. Pluto’s average
distance from the Sun is
approximately 5.87 x 109
kilometers. Which object has
the greater average distance
from the Sun?