The mass of the Earth is $5\,970\,000\,000\,000\,000\,000\,000\,000$ kg. The mass of an electron is $0{,}00000000000000000000000000000091$ kg. No scientist writes this out counting every zero by hand: they use powers of $10$. It is the standard language for working with astronomical or subatomic scales without losing a single digit.
State which of the following numbers are not correctly written in standard form and write them correctly: a) $45,2 \cdot 10^3$ b) $0,8 \cdot 10^{-2}$ c) $3,1 \cdot 10^5$…
State which of the following numbers are not correctly written in standard form and write them correctly:
Converting between scientific notation and decimal
The exponent counts how many places the decimal point moves.
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Express the following numbers given in standard form as ordinary decimals: a) $3,4 \cdot 10^5$ b) $1,89 \cdot 10^{-4}$ c) $7 \cdot 10^8$ d) $5,02 \cdot 10^{-6}$
Express the following numbers given in standard form as ordinary decimals:
Determine the order of magnitude (the closest power of $10$) of the following quantities expressed in standard form: a) $4,8 \cdot 10^6$ b) $1,1 \cdot 10^{-5}$ c)…
Determine the order of magnitude (the closest power of $10$) of the following quantities expressed in standard form:
The exponent comes first. Only if the exponents are the same do you compare the mantissas.
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Order the following numbers written in standard form from smallest to largest: $A = 3,2 \cdot 10^4$ $B = 4,1 \cdot 10^{-3}$ $C = 1,5 \cdot 10^4$ $D = 8,9 \cdot 10^{-4}$…
Order the following numbers written in standard form from smallest to largest:
Multiplying and dividing: the mantissas and the powers of $10$ are handled separately, adding or subtracting the exponents; at the end, the mantissa is adjusted if it falls outside $[1,10)$.
Adding and subtracting: the powers of $10$ must be the same; if they are not, make them the same first.
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Perform the following multiplications by grouping the numbers and the powers of base $10$. Express the final result in standard form: a)…
Perform the following multiplications by grouping the numbers and the powers of base $10$. Express the final result in standard form:
Calculate the following additions and subtractions with different exponents, first adjusting the powers of $10$ so that they match. Express the answer in standard form:…
Calculate the following additions and subtractions with different exponents, first adjusting the powers of $10$ so that they match. Express the answer in standard form:
The mean distance from the Earth to the Sun is about $1,5 \cdot 10^8$ km and the speed of light in a vacuum is $3 \cdot 10^5$ km/s. Using the formula for uniform motion…
The mean distance from the Earth to the Sun is about $1,5 \cdot 10^8$ km and the speed of light in a vacuum is $3 \cdot 10^5$ km/s. Using the formula for uniform motion in a straight line ($t = \frac{d}{v}$), how many seconds does it take for sunlight to reach the Earth? Express the answer in standard form and then convert it to minutes.
Set up and solve the following linear equation in which the coefficients are expressed in standard form. Rearrange for the unknown $x$ and express its value in standard…
Set up and solve the following linear equation in which the coefficients are expressed in standard form. Rearrange for the unknown $x$ and express its value in standard form:
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation states that the gravitational force between two bodies is given by $F = G \frac{m_1 \cdot m_2}{d^2}$. Knowing that the…
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation states that the gravitational force between two bodies is given by $F = G \frac{m_1 \cdot m_2}{d^2}$.
Knowing that the gravitational constant is $G = 6,67 \cdot 10^{-11}$ $N \cdot m^2/kg^2$, the mass of the Earth is $m_1 = 5,97 \cdot 10^{24}$ kg, the mass of the Moon is $m_2 = 7,35 \cdot 10^{22}$ kg and the mean distance between their centres is $d = 3,84 \cdot 10^8$ m, calculate the gravitational force $F$ in Newtons ($N$). Express the result in standard form rounded to two decimal places.
A glass contains exactly $18$ grams of pure water ($H_2O$). In chemistry, it is known that $18$ grams are equivalent to $1$ mol of water and that $1$ mol of any…
A glass contains exactly $18$ grams of pure water ($H_2O$). In chemistry, it is known that $18$ grams are equivalent to $1$ mol of water and that $1$ mol of any substance contains Avogadro's Number ($6,022 \cdot 10^{23}$) of molecules. From these data, calculate the mass in kilograms of a single molecule of water. Express the final result in standard form.
Back to the beginning: The mass of the Earth in scientific notation is $5{,}97 \cdot 10^{24}$ kg and the mass of the electron is $9{,}1 \cdot 10^{-31}$ kg.