Scientific Notation - General Chemistry - Quiz, Exercises of Chemistry

Download Scientific Notation - General Chemistry - Quiz and more Exercises Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! 1.6 – Scientific Notation When data values are extremely small or extremely large, it is helpful to record them using Scientific Notation. This is the process of taking a number and rewriting it using exponents. It is important to remember that you are NOT changing the number, only rewriting it in another way. Rules 1) Your new number in scientific notation needs to be greater than 0 but less than 10. 2) If the original number is greater than zero, your exponent in scientific notation will be POSITIVE. 3) If the original number is less than zero, your exponent in scientific notation will be NEGATIVE. Example: Example: Practice Problems (put the following in scientific notation) 1) 1,3400 6) 0.00014 2) 9,675,100 7) 0.988 3) 21,566 8) 0.00000000087 4) 85,000,000 9) 0.000002 5) 14.5 10) 0.0300 Practice Problems (based on the scientific notation, rewrite the original number) 1) 1.77 x 104 6) 5.55 x 10-6 2) 2.34 x 107 7) 1.40 x 10-12 3) 7.1 x 102 8) 4.7 x 10-5 4) 8.00 x 101 9) 6.20 x 10-2 5) 3.86 x 1011 10) 9.99 x 10-1 Docsity.com