This math skill involves converting numbers from scientific notation to standard form using metric prefixes. It teaches finding the largest metric prefix corresponding to the exponent in scientific notation, then adjusting the base number accordingly to express the measurement with the appropriate metric unit.
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Convert numbers from scientific notation to metric units
Test your understanding of convert scientific notation to metric units by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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What would this scientific notation measurement be with a metric prefix?
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Find the largest metric power of ten that just smaller than the scientific notation number's power. Remember that for any above 1000 or below one one thousandth, they are 1000, or 10 to the power of 3, apart
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Mega is 10 to the power of 6, so let's move a power of 10 to the base of our number
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We have 37 megaamps