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Try It Out -- Chapter 1, Lesson 5


Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Select the term to complete the sentence.

A way of writing a number as a decimal between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10 is called ________.
a.
expanded form
c.
scientific notation
b.
factored form
d.
standard form
 

 2. 
Select the term to complete the sentence.

A way of writing a number that shows the value of each digit as a power of 10 is called _____________.
a.
expanded form
c.
scientific notation
b.
factored form
d.
standard form
 

 3. 
The number 4375 is written in
a.
scientific notation
b.
standard form
c.
expanded form
 

 4. 
The number 4.76 ´ 107 is written in
a.
scientific notation
b.
standard form
c.
expanded form
 

 5. 
The number 3 ´ 104 + 7 ´ 103 + 4 ´ 10 + 5 ´ 1 is written in
a.
scientific notation
b.
standard form
c.
expanded form
 

 6. 
Express the number 302 564 in expanded form.
a.
30 000 + 2000 + 500 + 60 + 4
b.
3.02564 ´ 105
c.
3 ´ 105 + 2 ´ 103 + 5 ´ 102 + 6 ´ 10 + 4 ´ 1
 

 7. 
Express the number 7 400 000 000 in scientifc notation.
a.
7 000 000 000 + 400 000 000
c.
7 ´ 109 + 4 ´ 108
b.
7.4 ´ 109
d.
74 ´ 108
 

 8. 
Express the following number in standard form.

4 ´ 104 + 7 ´ 102 + 3 ´ 1
a.
4.0703 ´ 104
b.
47003
c.
40703
 

 9. 
Express the following number in standard form.

4.76 ´ 107
a.
4 760 000 000
b.
47 600 000
c.
333.20
 

 10. 
The human brain contains about 10 000 000 000 nerve cells. Express this number in scientific notation.

(NOTE to editor - other resources say that the first number in scientific notation is greater than or equal to 1, but less than 10.  This manuscript says that the first number is BETWEEN 1 and 10.  If original definition is kept then answer is c.
If definition is changed to include 1, then b is the correct answer.)
a.
100 ´ 108
b.
1.0 ´ 1010
c.
0.1 ´ 1011
 



 
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