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Scientific Notation: These problems require knowledge of the convention of representing a large or small number in scientific notation or basic operations of numbers written in scientific notation.
Related Resources: Interactive resources from our Math Tools project:
Math 7: Number Sense
The closest match in our Ask Dr. Math archives:
Middle School: Exponents
NCTM Standards:
Number and Operations Standard for Grades 6-8

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