The following activities target a middle school population although activities are approachable by more advanced elementary school students. The activities are also ideal for high school students to review basic concepts.
All exercises make use of javascript's which provides for a more interactive environment.
INTRODUCTION Learn the basic principles of scientific notation. Convert standard numbers to scientific notation.
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION GENERATOR Javascript program will enable you to practice converting any number from basic notation to scientific notation.
MULTIPLICATION WITH SCIENTIFIC NOTATION Learn multiplication using scientific notation, with positive and negative exponents.
DIVISION WITH SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
Learn division using scientific notation with positive and negative exponents.
WORD PROBLEMS USING SCIENTIFIC NOTATION >Mixed multiplication/division problems, word problems using scientific notation.