Students investigate how to compare scientific and standard notation numbers. Exercises are provided to practice the skill.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to compare and order numbers in scientific notation. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...

Use powers of 10 to investigate scientific notation. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about rate of change and lines to make a prediction about whether two lines will intersect and then requires completing the...

The resource describes how to compare numbers in scientific and standard notation. It provides exercises and games to practice the skill.

In this activity, students develop models for a light year and compare numbers written in scientific notation and in standard notation.

This stunning interactive allows you to explore everything in this universe by zooming into different objects, organisms, and microscopic matter.

This excellent math resource explains and defines the meaning of percent. Multiplying and dividing by a power of 10 is incorporated as a preview to understanding scientific notation.

Practice comparing two real-world quantities by approximating them using rounding and powers of 10. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.

In this problem comparing the mass of an ant to that of an elephant, 8th graders are contrasting a very small quantity with a very large quantity. They need to convert between grams and metric tons so as to work with the same units, and...