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Scientific notation worksheet for Algebra 1

Converting in both directions, multiplying two numbers already in scientific notation, and saying how many times larger one number is than another. The negative exponents on hard are where the counting goes wrong.

Also taught in Pre-Algebra, at its own level and with its own examples.

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Name

Scientific Notation

Date Period

Write each in the other form, or simplify.

  1. Convert to or from scientific notation

    6×105
  2. 0.17
  3. 8,000
  4. 1.2×10−2
  5. 5.7×102
  6. 97
  7. 5×10−2

  1. Multiply in scientific notation

    (3.5×10−5)(6×103)
  2. (2×102)(2×102)
  3. (5×103)(9×10−5)
  4. (1.5×103)(4×102)
  5. (3×101)(3×10−2)
  6. (2.5×102)(8×103)
  7. (7×10−4)(6×101)

  1. Find how many times larger

    One number is 3×104 and another is 1×103. How many times as large as the second is the first? Write it in scientific notation.
  2. By what factor is 6×1010 greater than 3×106? Write it in scientific notation.
  3. Find the quotient of 6×104 and 1.5×103 to see how many times larger the first is. Write it in scientific notation.
  4. Divide to compare: 7.5×109 is how many times 2.5×106? Write it in scientific notation.
  5. How many times larger is 4×107 than 2×105? Write it in scientific notation.
  6. One number is 4×104 and another is 1×102. How many times as large as the second is the first? Write it in scientific notation.

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Name

Scientific NotationAnswer keyVersion 1

Date Period

Write each in the other form, or simplify.

  1. Convert to or from scientific notation

    6×105600,000
  2. 0.171.7×10−1
  3. 8,0008×103
  4. 1.2×10−20.012
  5. 5.7×102570
  6. 979.7×101
  7. 5×10−20.05

  1. Multiply in scientific notation

    (3.5×10−5)(6×103)2.1×10−1
  2. (2×102)(2×102)4×104
  3. (5×103)(9×10−5)4.5×10−1
  4. (1.5×103)(4×102)6×105
  5. (3×101)(3×10−2)9×10−1
  6. (2.5×102)(8×103)2×106
  7. (7×10−4)(6×101)4.2×10−2

  1. Find how many times larger

    One number is 3×104 and another is 1×103. How many times as large as the second is the first? Write it in scientific notation.3×101
  2. By what factor is 6×1010 greater than 3×106? Write it in scientific notation.2×104
  3. Find the quotient of 6×104 and 1.5×103 to see how many times larger the first is. Write it in scientific notation.4×101
  4. Divide to compare: 7.5×109 is how many times 2.5×106? Write it in scientific notation.3×103
  5. How many times larger is 4×107 than 2×105? Write it in scientific notation.2×102
  6. One number is 4×104 and another is 1×102. How many times as large as the second is the first? Write it in scientific notation.4×102

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How to do these

4.7×10−6

  1. A negative exponent means a small number.
  2. Move the point 6 places left.

The answer is 0.0000047.

Where students go wrong

Counting the zeros instead of the places. 4.7 × 10⁻⁶ has five zeros after the point, not six, because the 4 itself takes the sixth place. Count how far the point moves, not how many zeros you write.

Also called standard index form.

What you can put on this worksheet

Convert between the two forms
5.7×10−2 → 0.057
Multiplying two numbers in scientific notation
(6×103)(7×10−2) → 4.2×102
Into proper scientific notation
Write in scientific notation: 570,000 → 5.7×105
How many times larger
How many times as large as 1.5×105 is 3×108? Write it in scientific notation. → 2×103
Times 10 to the 0, and improper forms to standard
Write in standard form: 5.34×101 → 53.4

Questions about these worksheets

Yes. Every scientific notation sheet is free to print and free to download as a PDF. There is no account to make, no email to hand over and no limit on how many you take.

Yes. The answer key prints on a second page, and you can choose whether it shows each question beside its answer or just the answers in a list.

Yes. Print straight from the page, or download the PDF and print that. The sheet is laid out for paper rather than squeezed off a screen, so there is room to work under each question, and the answer key comes out on its own page.

Algebra 1 is usually taken around 8th or 9th grade, though schools vary and plenty of students meet it earlier or later. Pick the difficulty rather than the grade: the easy level suits a first lesson on it, the hard level suits review before a test.

Yes, as many as you like. The questions are built fresh each time rather than picked from a fixed set of files, so pressing Generate gives a new sheet. That is what you want for a second class, a retake, or two students sitting next to each other.

That is the closest comparison, and Kuta Software is good software. It is also paid software you install on a computer. These worksheets run in a browser tab for free, with no account and nothing to install. Like Kuta, the scientific notation questions are generated when you ask for them rather than pulled from a fixed set of files, so two classes never get the same sheet, and the answer key comes with it.

Yes. There are two levels, and you can tick more than one for a sheet that mixes them, in which case the questions come out easiest first. The harder levels are not just larger numbers: they ask for something the easy ones do not.

You pick from 5: convert between the two forms, multiplying two numbers in scientific notation, into proper scientific notation, how many times larger and times 10 to the 0, and improper forms to standard. Tick as many as you want and set how many of each, or let it spread them evenly.

Counting the zeros instead of the places. 4.7 × 10⁻⁶ has five zeros after the point, not six, because the 4 itself takes the sixth place. Count how far the point moves, not how many zeros you write.