Converting from Decimal Notation to Scientific Notation

Write each number in scientific notation.

a) One drop of blood contains about 5,800,000 blood cells.

b) In 2014, there were about 310,600,000 personal computers in the United States.

c) In 2014, the population of the world was about 7,263,000,000.

d) The diameter of a hydrogen atom nucleus is about 0.0000000000011 millimeter.

e) The wavelength of an x-ray is about 0.000000000492 meter.

Question

Converting from Decimal Notation to Scientific Notation

Write each number in scientific notation.

a) One drop of blood contains about 5,800,000 blood cells.

b) In 2014, there were about 310,600,000 personal computers in the United States.

c) In 2014, the population of the world was about 7,263,000,000.

d) The diameter of a hydrogen atom nucleus is about 0.0000000000011 millimeter.

e) The wavelength of an x-ray is about 0.000000000492 meter.

Accepted Answer

a) 5,800,000 = 5.8 × [latex]10^6[/latex]

b) 310,600,000 = 3.106 × [latex]10^8[/latex]

c) 7,263,000,000 = 7.263 × [latex]10^9[/latex]

d) 0.0000000000011 = 1.1 × [latex]10^{-12}[/latex]

e) 0.000000000492 = 4.92 × [latex]10^{-10}[/latex]

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