This math skill involves dividing two base values in scientific notation, adjusting the result to ensure only one nonzero digit remains to the left of the decimal point, and modifying the exponent accordingly to maintain the value's accuracy in scientific notation.
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Divide base values in scientific notation
Test your understanding of divide base values in scientific notation by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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Let's divide these base values and express them in scientific notation
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The division results in 13.12
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But we need to make that one decimal place smaller to have a proper base value. One decimal place would be 10 to the power of 1.
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This gives us a power of 1 on our 10 that would become part of our final power of 10 if we were doing a scientific notification multiplication.