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Writing and Reading Scientific Notation Worksheet with Answer Key

7 problems on writing and reading scientific notation: converting large and small numbers both ways, fixing numbers that are not in scientific notation, negative numbers, and checking copied calculator answers. 2 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. Write each number in scientific notation:
    3,090,0000.00070458,000,000,0000.06800,100
  2. Write each number as an ordinary number:
    5.06 \times 10^{8}2.3 \times 10^{-7}4.0005 \times 10^{4}1.9 \times 10^{-1}6.02 \times 10^{-2}
  3. Write the leading number in scientific notation, then combine the powers of ten:
    73 \times 10^{-6}0.48 \times 10^{-3}0.009 \times 10^{5}1200 \times 10^{3}
  4. Fill in each blank so the equation is true:
  5. Write the number of trees in a forest, about 380 thousand, as an ordinary number and in scientific notation.
  6. Write negative numbers in scientific notation and check Mateo's reason about the exponent.
  7. Check each of Yuna's copied calculator answers and correct the wrong ones.

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