Dr. Kat Math Practice

Standard Scientific Notation

Lesson Page 4, Section 7

What you'll work on

Convert a result like 12 × 10⁸ into standard scientific notation (1.2 × 10⁹) by adjusting the coefficient to be between 1 and 10 and compensating with the exponent.

Big Idea for this lesson

$A painted illustration of a classical jeweler's velvet display tray — on the left a single very large polished round amber gemstone, on the right a slightly smaller amber gemstone of the same color paired with a row of many tiny amber pebbles arrayed in a curving line beside it (the smaller gem and the row of pebbles together visually equalling the large gem). Painterly soft edges, warm amber lamplight, classical jeweler aesthetic, NO numbers or text or markings of any kind.$

Standard scientific notation requires the coefficient to be between 1 and 10. If your coefficient is 10 or bigger after adding, divide it by 10 and increase the exponent by 1.

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