Operations in Scientific Notation: NOTES, Partner Activity, Test Practice

This resource was developed to partially meet the requirements of the 8th Grade Expressions & Equations Standard below (targeted part in bold).

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Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. For example, estimate the population of the United States as 3 times 108 and the population of the world as 7 times 109, and determine that the world population is more than 20 times larger

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Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities (e.g., use millimeters per year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated by technology*

*This portion of the standard is only briefly addressed in the Test Practice Questions. Use discretion if you feel your students need more than one example.

It contains the following resources:

1) Adding & Subtracting in Scientific Notation NOTES & Practice

2) Multiplying & Dividing in Scientific Notation NOTES & Practice

3) Partner Practice Activity (Partners work on different problems achieving the same answers)

4) Test Practice Questions

5) Answer Key to All Parts