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Multiplying & Dividing in Standard Form

This document provides examples of multiplying and dividing numbers in standard form notation. It includes solving various multiplication and division problems in standard form, as well as word problems involving standard form such as calculating the time for a satellite to reach Neptune given its distance and speed, and calculating the total mass of bacteria in a petri dish given the number of cells and average cell mass.

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Multiplying & Dividing in Standard Form

This document provides examples of multiplying and dividing numbers in standard form notation. It includes solving various multiplication and division problems in standard form, as well as word problems involving standard form such as calculating the time for a satellite to reach Neptune given its distance and speed, and calculating the total mass of bacteria in a petri dish given the number of cells and average cell mass.

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Multiplying and Dividing in Standard Form

1. Solve the following. Give your answers in standard form:

a. (4 × 103) × (2 × 105) b. (3 × 103) × (2.5 × 105)

c. (3 × 102) × (5 × 106) d. (5 × 107) × (2.2 × 104)

e. (2.1 × 106) × (3 × 10-4) f. (7.3 × 10-3) × (4.8 × 1012)

g. (4.27 × 108) × (8.4 × 103) h. (4.9 × 10-5) × (7.21 × 10-24)

2. Solve the following. Give your answers in standard form:

a. (8 × 106) ÷ (2 × 102) b. (4.8 × 1015) ÷ (4 × 104)

c. (5.6 × 108) ÷ (1.4 × 105) d. (8.19 × 10-7) ÷ (9.1 × 103)

e. (2.1 × 1014) ÷ (3 × 10-10) f. (9.2 × 10-8) ÷ (2.3 × 10-3)

g. (9.9 × 1025) ÷ (3.3 × 10-13) h. (2.82 × 102) ÷ (7.05× 109)

3. The distance from Earth to Neptune is 4.35 x 1012 metres. If a satellite travels
through space at 5.8 x 107 metres per hour, how many hours will it take to reach
Neptune? Give your answer in standard form.

4. There are 7.4 × 1014 bacteria cells in a petri dish. The average mass of each cell
is 6.25 × 10-10. Giving your answers in standard form what is the total mass of
the bacteria:

a. in grams?

b. in kilograms?

5. Hanzah is answering the question (3 × 105) × (5 × 104), giving his answer in


standard form.

He gets the answer 15 × 109.

What mistake has he made?

What is the correct answer?

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