Practice Scientific Notation Operations in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

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Performing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on numbers expressed in scientific notation.

Multiplying and dividing are straightforward: multiply or divide the coefficients and add or subtract the exponents. Adding and subtracting require matching the powers of 10 first, like finding a common denominator.

Showing a random 20 of 50 problems.

Example 1

easy
Divide: 8×1094×102.

Example 2

medium
Subtract: 1.2×10−2−4×10−3.

Example 3

easy
Multiply: (2×103)(3×104).

Example 4

medium
Multiply: (5×107)(6×104) and write in scientific notation.

Example 5

medium
Express 0.00002×30000 in scientific notation.

Example 6

medium
The mass of the Earth is 5.97×1024 kg. The mass of the Moon is 7.35×1022 kg. How many times heavier is the Earth than the Moon?

Example 7

medium
Multiply: (4.5×10−2)(6×108) and normalize.

Example 8

medium
Subtract: 7.5×106−5×105.

Example 9

easy
Write (4×102)(2×103) in scientific notation.

Example 10

easy
Add: 3×105+4×105.

Example 11

easy
Write 4.2×103 as a decimal.

Example 12

medium
Compute (3×104)2 in scientific notation.

Example 13

easy
Write 0.00056 in scientific notation.

Example 14

easy
Subtract: 8×104−5×104.

Example 15

hard
A computer performs 2.5×109 operations per second. How many operations in 4.0×10−3 seconds?

Example 16

easy
Multiply: (5×106)(1×10−2).

Example 17

medium
Compute (2×10−3)3 in scientific notation.

Example 18

hard
Compute (6×104)(2×10−1)4×102.

Example 19

easy
Divide: 6×1073×102.

Example 20

challenge
Compute (4×10−6)28×10−9 in scientific notation.
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