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LESSON Exponents and Roots

4 Practice A: Operating with Scientific Notation
Simplify. Write your answers in scientific notation.
1. (3.25 u 109)  (4.7 u 109)BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

2. (4.78 u 104)  (2.319 u 106)BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

3. (6.77 u 104)  (5.21 u 103)BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

4. (7.98 u 10–2) u (5.0 u 10–5)BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

2.44 u 108 7.2 u 1027

5. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB6. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
2.0 u 105 4.0 u 1023

7. In constructing the Mall of America in Minnesota, a total of

1.3 u 10 4 tons of steel were used. The Eiffel Tower in Paris,
France consists of 7 u 103 tons of steel.
About how many times the amount of steel it took to construct
the tower did it take to construct the mall? Round your answer to
the nearest hundredth. _________________

8. The mass of earth is 5.98 u 1024 kg. The mass of the moon is
7.35 u 1022 kg. How many more kilograms make up the earth
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than the moon? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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9. Yellowstone National Park has an estimated 2.5 u 106 visitors

each year. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the
most visited of all the National parks, and it has approximately
four times the amount of visitors annually that Yellowstone has.
How many visitors does The Great Smoky Mountains National
Park have annually? __________________

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