Lesson 9: Scientific

Notation
Aracely Polanco
Do Now:
 Express these numbers in Scientific  Answers:
Notation:

6 x 103
6000
4 x 102
400
3 x 101
30
2 x 10-1
.2
5 x 101
5
1 x 104
10,000
Let Us Remember:

 A positive, finite decimal s is said to be written in

scientific notation if it is expressed as a product
of d x 10n , where d is a positive finite decimal
greater than or equal 1 and less than 10, and n is
an integer.

*Hint* If you look at the farther left digit it will be your d and then you
shall count the amount of 0’s there are to be the value n. If your number
begins on the right side of the decimal begin where the first non zero digit
starts on the right side.
 6000 = 6 x 103
 What is 6400?  6.4 x 103

 Is that correct Scientific Notation?

 Now write
 5435  5.435 x 103

 12312  1.2312 x 104

 21  2.1 x 101

 21024  2.1024 x 104

Proper Scientific Notation? Yes or No

 1.908 x 1017  YES

 .325 x 10-2  NO d < 1

 7.99 x 1017  YES

 4.0701 + 1017  NO , not a product

 18.432 x 1017  NO d > 1

 8 x 10-11  YES
Problems with Different Sized Magnitudes
of Decimals

 We need to determine the difference in the

populations of Texas and North Dakota. In 2012,
Texas had a population of about 26 million people,
and North Dakota had a population of about 6.9 ×
104.
 How do we go about this?
 Before the MATH ! We must make sure
the magnitudes are of values are the
same.
 Texas pop. = 26 million = 2.6 x107
 North Dakota pop. = 6.9 × 104
 Let us EQUAL out the magnitudes of
the decimals
 Are the magnitudes of decimal the
same?  Texas pop. = 26 million = 2.6 x107
 107 = 104
 7 does NOT equal 4  We know when multiplying two values
with exponents we find the sum of the
 NO exponents to find the product
 10a x10b = 10a+b
 107 = 104 x 103

 2.6 x (103 x 104) = (2.6 x 103) x 104

Texas pop. = 2600 x 104
We need to determine the difference in the populations of Texas and North Dakota. In 2012,
Texas had a population of about 26 million people, and North Dakota had a population of
about 6.9 × 104

Find the difference:

Known Facts: 2600 x 104 - 6.9 × 104

Texas pop. = 2600 x 104 (2600-6.9) x 104

North Dakota pop. = 6.9 × 104
2593.1 x 104
 GROUP WORK
 Get in groups of 2-3 and answer the
questions on your worksheet.
Group  Why are we interested in writing
numbers in scientific notation?
Discussion
Lesson 10: Operations
with Numbers in
Scientific Notation
 Do Now: Solve
 108 x1032 We know when  1040  1030 ÷ 1025 When dividing two  105
multiplying two values values with exponents
with exponents we find we find the difference
 1014 x103 the sum of the  1017  1035 ÷ 102 of the exponents to find  1033
exponents to find the the product
product 10a ÷ 10b = 10a-b
 1015 x1040 10a x10b = 10a+b  1055  1021 ÷ 1015  106

 101 x1031  1032  104 ÷ 101  103

 1020 x1028  1048  1019 ÷ 1012  107

 Independent Work

The world population is about 7 billion. There are 4.6 × 107 ants for every human on the planet. About how
many ants are there in the world? Write your answer in scientific and standard notation.

A certain social media company processes about 990 billion likes per year. If the company has approximately
8.9 × 108 users of the social media, about how many likes is each user responsible for per year? Write your
answer in scientific and standard notation.
 Get in groups of 2-3 and
Group Work answer the questions for
Exercise 1 and 2.
 American Landfill
In 2010, Americans generated 2.5 × 108
tons of garbage. There are about 2,000
landfills in the United States. Assuming
that each landfill is the same size and that 2.5 × 108 2.5 108
trash is divided equally among them, 2 × 103 = 2 × 103
determine how many tons of garbage were
sent to each landfill in 2010 = 1.25 × 105

Knowns:
Amount of Landfills= 2000, in scientific
notation: 2 × 103.
Amount of Garbage : 2.5 × 108
 American Landfill
Actually, not all garbage went to landfills. Some of it was 2.5 × 108 - 8.5 x 107 = (2.5 × 101) x 108 - 8.5 x 107
recycled and composted. The amount of recycled and
= (25 – 8.5 ) x 107
composted material accounted for about 85 million tons
of the 2.5 × 108 tons of garbage. Given this new = 16.5 x 107
information, how much garbage was actually sent to each = 1.65 x 108
landfill?
1.65x 108 1.65 108
= × 3
2 x 103 2 10
Knowns: = 1.25 × 105
Amount of Landfills= 2000, in scientific
notation: 2 × 103.
Amount of Garbage : 2.5 × 108
Amount of Recyclable : 8.5 x 107
 Get in groups of 2-3 and
Group Work answer the questions for
Exercise 3-5
Lesson 11: Efficacy of
Scientific Notation
Do Now:

 The mass of a proton is 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟏 𝟔𝟕𝟐 𝟔𝟐𝟐 𝐤𝐠.

 In scientific notation it is

 The mass of an electron is 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟗𝟏𝟎
𝟗𝟑𝟖 𝟐𝟗𝟏 𝐤𝐠.

 In scientific notation it is
Compute: How many times heavier a
proton is than an electron?
 1 proton = 𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐𝟕
 1 electron = 𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑𝟏

 Ratio:
𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐𝟕
𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑1

How do we go about this?

We will want to get rid of a negative power of ten. Which will we eliminate the
denominator or the numerator?
We want to multiply
𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐𝟕 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟏
by the larger negative x
number in order for 𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑𝟏 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟏
both values to end up
positive 𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎4
𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏

𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐
x 104
𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏

𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎8 𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐

= = 0.𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟔𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟓 x 104
𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎8 𝟗𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏

=18𝟑𝟔.𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟓
Independent Work

As of March 23, 2013, the U.S. national debt was

$16,755,133,009,522 (rounded to the nearest dollar).
According to the 2012 U.S. census, there are about
313,914,040 American citizens. What is each citizen’s
approximate share of the debt?
  Work in groups of 2-3 and
Group Work complete exercise 3 and 4.
Review of Lessons 9-11
Let Us Remember:
 A positive, finite decimal s is said to be written in
scientific notation if it is expressed as a product
of d x 10n , where d is a positive finite decimal
greater than or equal 1 and less than 10, and n is
an integer. This is for proper scientific notation.

*Hint* If you look at the farther left digit it will be your d and then you
shall count the amount of 0’s there are to be the value n. If your number
begins on the right side of the decimal begin where the first non zero digit
starts on the right side.
 Express these numbers in Scientific  Answers:
Notation:

6 x 103
6000
4 x 102
400
3 x 101
30
2 x 10-1
.2
5 x 101
5
1 x 104
10,000
 108 x1032 We know when  1040  1030 ÷ 1025 When dividing two  105
multiplying two values values with exponents
with exponents we find we find the difference
 1014 x103 the sum of the  1017  1035 ÷ 102 of the exponents to find  1033
exponents to find the the product
product 10a ÷ 10b = 10a-b
 1015 x1040 10a x10b = 10a+b  1055  1021 ÷ 1015  106

 101 x1031  1032  104 ÷ 101  103

 1020 x1028  1048  1019 ÷ 1012  107

We want to multiply
𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐𝟕 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟏
by the larger negative x
number in order for 𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑𝟏 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟏
both values to end up
positive 𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎4
𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏

𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐
x 104
𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏

𝟏. 𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎8 𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟐𝟐

= = 0.𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟔𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟓 x 104
𝟗. 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎8 𝟗𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟗𝟏

=18𝟑𝟔.𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟓