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Scientific Notation, Metric Prefixes,
Name________________________________
and Unit Conversion
1. Express the following numbers in scientific notation 2. Express the following numbers in ordinary notation
with the appropriate number of significant figures
to the appropriate number of significant figures.
a. 0.00336
a. 9.81 × 101
b. 678
b. 6.700 × 104
c. 4,673,000
c. 3.11 × 10-4
d. 354,867
e. 0.0000014
d. 5.00 × 10-5
e. 4.27 × 103
f. 3.7 × 10-9
f. 0.0087
g. 6.52 × 10-6
g. 7.14
h. 1.2 × 106
h. 56
i. 3.10 × 102
i. 0.000045637
j. 4.72 × 10-1
j. 73,110
k. 6.2 × 103
k. 0.73
l. 7.11 × 10-3
l. 0.00731
m. 4.61 × 105
m. 2 million
n. 7.52 × 10-12
n. 5.3 billion
o. 1.430000 × 101 2
p. 3.140 × 10-11
o. 721 thousand
p. 43 millionths
3. Assuming each of the numbers in problems 1 and 2
is a distance in meters, express each measurement
using the closest appropriate metric prefix in the
space below each number.
Scientific Notation, Metric Prefixes,
Name________________________________
and Unit Conversion
4. There are 31,556,926 seconds in a year. Show all work for unit conversions
a. Express this number in scientific notation.
b. Express this number in Ms using scientific notation to four significant figures.
c. Express this number in µs using scientific notation to four significant figures.
d. Express this number in Gs using scientific notation to four significant figures.
e. Express this number in ps using scientific notation to four significant figures.
5. The distance from the earth to the sun is approximately 93 million miles.
a. Express this number in scientific notation.
b. Express this number in megamiles
c. Convert this value to km.
d. Express this number using the closest appropriate metric prefix.
e. Express this number in Mm using scientific notation
f. Express this number in µm using scientific notation.
d. Express this number in Gm using scientific notation.
e. Express this number in pm using scientific notation.
6. The mass of an electron is 0.000000000000000000000000000000911 kg
a. Express this measurement in scientific notation
b. Express this measurement in Tg using scientific notation.
c. express this measurement in ng using scientific notation.