Scientific Notation Portfolio
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In this problem, you will practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers written in scientific notation. For each part, use the following numbers:
3.2×1041.95×1068.03×10−82.56×10−24.82×1012
Choose two of the scientific numbers from the list and add them. Show your work.
Choose two of the scientific numbers from the list and subtract them. Show your work.
Choose two of the scientific numbers from the list and multiply them. Show your work.
Choose two of the scientific numbers and divide them. Show your work.
Choose one of the scientific numbers from the list and add it to 32.8. Show your work.
Choose one of the scientific numbers from the list and subtract it from 1,845.19 (or subtract 1,845.19 from the number you choose). Show your work.
Choose one of the scientific numbers from the list and multiply it by 256.7. Show your work.
Choose one of the scientific numbers from the list and divide it by 0.3 (or divide 0.3 by the number you choose). Show your work.
The following table shows distances in miles between some cities in the United States. The distances have been written in scientific notation.
Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Los Angeles Seattle Tampa
Atlanta 0
9.2735×102
1.50511×103
9.444×102
3.10801×103
3.50307×103
6.7037×102
Baltimore
9.2735×102
0
5.7785×102
9.7323×102
3.72245×103
3.7441×103
1.37072×103
Boston
1.50511×103
5.7785×102
0
1.36663×103
4.16643×103
3.99708×103
1.90293×103
Chicago
9.444×102
9.7323×102
1.36663×103
0
2.79980×103
2.78657×103
1.61477×103
Los Angeles
3.10801×103
3.72245×103
4.16643×103
2.79980×103
0
1.5442×103
3.45696×103
Seattle
3.50307×103
3.7441×103
3.99708×103
2.78657×103
1.5442×103
0
4.06249×103
Tampa
6.7037×102
1.37072×103
1.90293×103
1.61477×103
3.45696×103
4.06249×103
0
Plan a trip where you will start at one city, travel to a second city, travel to a third city, and then return to the original city. Assuming you could travel the direct straight-line distance between each pair of cities, how far will you travel all together? Write your total distance traveled in both decimal notation and scientific notation. Show all your work so it is clear what cities you are going to and in what order.
Sita lives in Los Angeles, and her grandmother lives in Seattle. Sita plans to visit her grandmother three times in the next year. Assuming she travels the direct straight-line distance between the cities on each trip, what is the total distance she will travel to make these three trips? Write and evaluate an expression that uses multiplication to calculate the total distance traveled. Give your answer in both decimal notation and scientific notation.
Using the table of distances, make up your own word problem that would require someone to use division to solve. Write the problem, and provide the solution.
Read the article "Planet." You will use information from this article to answer the following questions.
Planet
Make a list of the distances from each planet to the sun, written in scientific notation. If there is a shortest and longest distance, use the average distance from the sun.
Choose two of the distances of planets from the sun and add them. Show your work.
Choose two of the distances of planets from the sun and subtract them. Show your work.
Choose two of the distances of planets from the sun and multiply them. Show your work.
Choose two of the distances of planets from the sun and divide them. Show your work.
Compare and contrast adding/subtracting numbers written in scientific notation with multiplying/dividing numbers written in scientific notation. How are the steps in each case similar? How are they different? Do you think adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing numbers written in scientific notation is easiest? Why?
Scientific Notation Portfolio Worksheet
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