Montgomery County Schools / Overview



Name _________________________ Date _____________

Scientific Notation Scavenger Hunt

Directions: Use the links below to look online for really big and really small numbers. Click on the link and write the standard number for each item listed. Then, convert the standard number into scientific notation.

|Item |Standard Notation |Scientific Notation |

| |(regular number) | |

|What is the elevation of Mount Everest in feet? | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|What is the distance from Jupiter to the sun? | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|How much water is in the ocean (in cubic kilometers?) | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|What is the population of the world right now? | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|What is the mass of a bacterial cell? | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|What is the size of a proton? (in nm) | | |

| | | |

| | | |

What are other examples of when we may use scientific notation? Be specific with your answers. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download