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Juan would have good accuracy and good precision. His measurements are close to the true value and consistent each time. Pedro would have poor accuracy but good precision. His measurements are consistently off from the true value, but repeatable. Helen would have good accuracy but poor precision. Her measurements are close to the true value but inconsistent each try. Maria would have poor accuracy and poor precision. Her measurements are neither close to the true value nor consistent.

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Scientific Notation

Juan would have good accuracy and good precision. His measurements are close to the true value and consistent each time. Pedro would have poor accuracy but good precision. His measurements are consistently off from the true value, but repeatable. Helen would have good accuracy but poor precision. Her measurements are close to the true value but inconsistent each try. Maria would have poor accuracy and poor precision. Her measurements are neither close to the true value nor consistent.

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Express the following numbers

in scientific notation:

1. 0.00125
2. 2,000,000,000
3. 796,000
4. 872
5. 90
Express the following numbers
in scientific notation:
3
6. 6.27×10
2
7. 281×10
8. 0.00179
9. 0.0000763
-3
10. 367×10
Scientific
Notation
What is it and how is it useful?
Approximate distance of Earth from the Sun:
150,000,000 km

Approximate mass of a hydrogen atom:


0.00000000000000000000000000167 kilograms.

How can we write these


numbers easier?

The solution is
scientific notation.
Scientific notation is a neat and quick
way of writing

What is (i) very large or


(ii) very small numbers

Scientific b 6
a × 10 Example: 2.3 × 10

Notation?
Where 1 < α < 10
and b is an integer
Parts of Scientific Notation
6 exponent
2.3 × 10

coefficient base
Scientific Notation to
Standard Form

Exponent is positive Exponent is negative


6 -6
2.3 × 10 = 2,300,000 2.3 × 10 = 0.0000023

What do you notice?


Scientific Notation to
Standard Form
Exponent is positive Decimal is moved
6
2.3 × 10 = 2.300000. 6 times to the right
1 2 3 4 5 6

Exponent is negative
-6 Decimal is moved
2.3 × 10 = 0.000002.3 6 times to the left
1 2 3 4 5 6
Can you find out...

How many times the What is the average How many cell phones How wide is a plant
human eye blinks width of a human hair? are in use today cell in meters?
per year? in the US?
Answer Key

The human eye blinks The width of a human Approximately _______ A plant cell is
around _________times hair is approximately cell phones are in use in approximately ______
per year. _____________ the US. meters wide.

= 4,200,000 = 0.00117 = 250,000,000 = 0.00001276


Distance Across
the Universe!
Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our own -
the Sun - is just 40,208,000,000,000 km away.

Considering that a light year corresponds to a


distance of 9 × 1012 km, which of the two
distances is larger?
Summary
Scientific Notation
b
This is a shorter way a × 10
of writing large or Where 1 < α < 10
small numbers. and b is an integer

6
exponent
2.3 × 10

coefficient base
MEASUREMENTS
HISTORY
The earliest and most obvious way of measuring things
was using parts of the human body.
Cubit - the length from the elbow to the tip of the
middle finger.
Foot - the length of an average man’s foot
SYTEMS OF UNITS
1 2

Metric System British System


It has been known officially as the It is also known as English System
International System (SI).
Accuracy and Precision
Accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to
its true value.

Precision refers to the repeatability or closeness of


the measurement results using a given instrument
a. Juan (Good
Accuracy; Good
Precision)
b. Pedro (Poor
Accuracy; Good
Precision)
c. Helen(Good
Accuracy; Poor
Precision)
d. Maria (Poor
Accuracy; Poor
Precision)

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