Scientific Notation
Description – Learn about powers of ten and scientific notation.
Activities – Multimedia lesson and enrichment activity
Objectives
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Learn to identify the power of 10 associated with each place value.
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Use positive exponents to identify place value.
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Use negative exponents to identify place value.
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Learn to define a negative exponent.
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Understand the relationship between scientific notation and place value.
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Learn why scientific notation is used.
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Learn to write standard numbers in scientific notation.
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Learn to change scientific notation into standard numerals.
Tags
place value, powers of ten
Teacher Resources
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