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Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016 The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots, per square inch. How many pixels are on a computer screen that measures 108 square inches? Write your answer in scientific notation. Word problems in Scientific Notation DO NOW! Grab your calculator !! There are _________________Pixels on the screen.

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Page 1: Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016 The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots,

Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016

The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots, per square inch. How many pixels are on a computer screen that measures 108 square inches? Write your answer in scientific notation.    

Word problems in Scientific NotationDO NOW! Grab your calculator !!

There are _________________Pixels on the screen.

Page 2: Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016 The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots,

Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016

Let's do some operations! 

YUCK!

The world population is 7 billion.There are 4.6 X 107  ants for every human on the planet.  How many ants are there in the world?

There are ________________ants in the world.

Page 3: Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016 The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots,

Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016

A certain social media company processes about 990 billion "likes" per year.  If there are (8.9 X 108) users, about how many likes is each user responsible for per year?

There are________likes per user.

The population of the United States is about 3.5 X 108

The population of the World  is about 7 X 1012

How many times greater is the world population to the US population?

The world is ______________ greater.

Page 4: Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016 The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots,

Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016

The approximate weight of a whale shark is 4 X 104 pounds.  The approximate weigh of a dolphin is 2 X 102. How many times as great is the weight of the whale shark to the weight of the dolphin? 

The weigh of the whale shark is        2 / 20 / 200 / 2000 times as great as the weight of the dolphin.

Circle the most 

reasonable answer.  

The speed of light is 300,000,000 meters per second. The sun is approximately 1.5 X 1011 meters from Earth. How many seconds does it take for sunlight to reach the Earth?

Page 5: Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016 The images on a computer screen are made up of more than 5000 pixels or dots,

Word Problems in Scientific Notation.notebook November 14, 2016

The mass of the moon is about 7.3 X 1022 kg.  It would take approximately 26,000,000 moons to equal the mass of the sun.  Determine the mass of the sun.

The mass of the earth is 5.9 X 1024 kg.  The mass of Pluto is 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.  Compared to Pluto, how MUCH greater is the Earth's mass?