Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook
November 14, 2016
Word problems in Scientific Notation
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The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots, per square inch. How many pixels are on a computer screen that measures 108 square inches? Write your answer in scientific notation. There are _________________Pixels on the screen.
Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook
November 14, 2016
Let's do some operations! The world population is 7 billion.
There are 4.6 X 107 ants for every
human on the planet. How many
ants are there in the world?
YUCK!
There are ________________ants in the world.
Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook
November 14, 2016
A certain social media company processes about 990 billion "likes" per year. If there are (8.9 X 108) users, about how many likes is each user responsible for per year?
There are________likes per user.
The population of the United States is about 3.5 X 108
The population of the World is about 7 X 1012
How many times greater is the world population to the US population?
The world is ______________ greater.
Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook
November 14, 2016
The approximate weight of a whale shark is 4 X 104 pounds. The approximate weigh of a dolphin is 2 X 102. How many times as great is the weight of the whale shark to the weight of the dolphin? Circle the most reasonable answer. The weigh of the whale shark is 2 / 20 / 200 / 2000 times as great as the weight of the dolphin.
The speed of light is 300,000,000 meters per second. The sun is approximately 1.5 X 1011 meters from Earth. How many seconds does it take for sunlight to reach the Earth?
Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook
The mass of the moon is about 7.3 X 1022 kg. It would take approximately 26,000,000 moons to equal the mass of the sun. Determine the mass of the sun.
The mass of the earth is 5.9 X 1024 kg. The mass of Pluto is 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Compared to Pluto, how MUCH greater is the Earth's mass? November 14, 2016