Mathematics

First Quarter – Module 7

Scientific Notation
Mathematics – Grade 7
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First Quarter – Module 7: Scientific Notation
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Mathematics
First Quarter – Module 7
Scientific Notation

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 Introductory Message

For the learner:

Welcome to the Mathematics 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
Scientific Notation.

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 Table of Contents

What I Need to Know ----------------------- 1

What I Know ----------------------- 2
What’s in ----------------------- 3

Lesson 1 ----------------------- 4

What’s New ----------------------- 4

What is It ----------------------- 4
What’s More ----------------------- 5

Lesson 2 ----------------------- 6

What’s New ----------------------- 6

What is It ----------------------- 6
What’s More ----------------------- 7

Lesson 3 ----------------------- 8

What’s New ----------------------- 8

What is It ----------------------- 8
What’s More ----------------------- 9

What I Have Learned ----------------------- 9

What I Can Do ----------------------- 10

Assessment ----------------------- 11
Additional Activities ----------------------- 12
Answer Key ----------------------- 13
References ----------------------- 14
 What I Need to Know

This module is designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
arrange real numbers on a number line. The scope of this module permits it to
be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes
the diverse vocabulary level of students. Lessons are arranged to follow the
standard sequence of the course, but the order may be different in the
textbook that you are now using.

This module consists of three lessons, namely:

• Lesson 1 – Significant Figures

• Lesson 2 – Write Numbers in Scientific Notation
• Lesson 3 – Write Scientific Notation to Standard Form

After going through this module, you are expected to write numbers in
scientific notation and vice versa ( M7NS-Ii-1 ). Specifically, you will:

1. identify significant figures,

2. give the rules in writing scientific notation to standard form and vice
versa,
3. write numbers in scientific notation to standard form and vice versa.

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 What I Know

Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of the answers
on your answer sheet
1. What is the scientific notation of 1200?
A. 1.2 𝑥 10−3 B. 12 𝑥 10−3 C. 1.2 𝑥 103 D. 12 𝑥 102
2. How many significant figures are there in 1205?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
3. Which of the following is the scientific notation of 0.000000365?
A. 365 𝑥 10−7 C.3.65 𝑥 107
B. 3.65 𝑥 10−7 D. 365 𝑥 107
4. How do you write 12 500 000 cm in scientific notation?
A. 1.25 𝑥 10−7 𝑐𝑚 C. 12.5 𝑥 104 𝑐𝑚
B. 125 𝑥 104 𝑐𝑚 D. 1.25 𝑥 107 𝑐𝑚
5. What is the scientific notation of the weight of a matured carabao which is
approximately as heavy as 25 pigs, and each pig weighs up to 128 kg?
A. 3.2 𝑥 10−3 kg C. 3.2 𝑥 103 kg
B. 32 𝑥 10−2 kg D. 32 𝑥 102 kg
6. What is the standard form of 1.32𝑥10−3 ?
A. 0.000132 B. 0.00132 C. 1320 D. 132000
7. Which number is correctly written in scientific notation?
A. 99.3𝑥10−6 C. 143.54𝑥106
B. 10.4𝑥103 D. 1.4𝑥10−3
8. What is the scientific notation of 52000 000?
A. 5.2𝑥10−7 C. 5.2𝑥107
B. 5.2𝑥10−6 D. 52𝑥106
9. How do you write 1001 in scientific notation?
A. 1.001𝑥103 C. 1.0001𝑥104
B. 10.1𝑥103 D. 1.01𝑥105
10. What is the scientific notation of 0.000457?
A. 4.57𝑥10−6 C. 457𝑥104
B.4.57𝑥10−4 D. 4.57𝑥106

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 Scientific Notation

Do you know that there are about 7 000 000 000 000 000 000 grains of
sand on all beaches in the world? And about 1 000 000 000 strands of your
hair? And that a COVID 19 virus can be as small as 125 nanometers in
diameter?
These numbers are too long to write and even hard to read. To make
things simple, you can rewrite these numbers in scientific notation, using a
power of 10.

What’s In

Activity 1: Arrange Me!

Let’s Find Out: The First and Last Number
Let’s Use These Materials: Answer sheet and ballpen
Let’s Do it This Way:
a. Arrange the given numbers inside the box in ascending order.
b. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
The first one is done for you.

0.01 0.001 100 1 000 000

0.00001 1000 10 000 0.000001

I. 0.000001, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

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 Lesson
Significant Figures
1

What’s New

In writing scientific notation, significant figures are to be considered.

Given the number 0.000 000 000 000 087, can you tell how many significant
digits are there?

What is It

Scientific Notation is a shorthand way of writing numbers denoted by

𝒂 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝒏 , where 1≤ 𝑎 < 10 ( 𝑎 is greater than or equal to 1 but less than 10)
and n is an integer.
In writing numbers in scientific notation, all significant figures are to be
considered. Significant figures are the number of digits in a value that
contributes to the degree of accuracy (correctness) of the value. We start
counting significant figures at the first non-zero digit.

Rules Example

Rule 1 o 1,234 has 4 significant figures: 1, 2, 3, and 4

All non-zero numbers are o 518,243 has 6 significant figures: 5, 1, 8, 2, 4,
always significant. and 3
The numbers are all significant since all are
nonzero digits.

Rule 2 o 1,002 has 4 significant figures: 1, 0, 0, and 2

Zeros between two non- o 206 has 3 significant figures: 2, 0, and 6.
zero digits are always All digits in the given numbers are significant
significant. since the zeros are between nonzero digits.

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 Rules Example
Rule 3 o 0.054 has only 2 significant figures: 5 and 4.
Leading zeros are NOT o 0.000312 has 3 significant figures: 3, 1, and 2.

significant. The zeros at the left of 5 and 3 are called leading

zeros.

Rule 4 o 92.00 has 4 significant figures.9, 2, 0. and 0.

Trailing zeros to the right of o 19.000 has 5 significant figures.1, 9, 0, 0, and 0.

a decimal number is
Since the trailing zeros are at the right of the
significant.
decimal points, so the zeros are significant.

Rule 5 "540." indicates that the trailing zero is

Trailing zeros in a whole significant; there are 3 significant figures in this
number with the decimal value: 5, 4, and 0.
shown is significant.
Rule 6 "540" indicates that zero is NOT significant and
Trailing zeros in a whole there are only 2 significant figures in this value:
number with no decimal 5 and 4
shown is NOT significant.

What’s More

Activity 2: Identify Me!

Let’s Find Out: The Number of Significant Figures
Let’s Use These Materials: Answer sheet and ballpen
Let’s Do it This Way:
a. Give the number of significant figures and identify the rule used.
b. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
Number 1 is done for you.

1. 5.87 Answer: There are 3 significant figures: 5, 8, and 7. (Rule #1)

2. 0.031 4. 0.2001
3. 52.90 5. 500

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 Lesson
Writing Numbers in Scientific Notation
2

What’s New

A total of 10,203 household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang

Pilipino Program (4Ps) are set to graduate from the program this year, the
Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 10 (DSWD-10)
said Monday, April 26, 2021.
How are we going to write the total number of households in scientific
notation?

What Is It

In writing numbers in scientific notation, the following steps are to be

followed.

Steps Example
Step 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.
Move the decimal point to the right
Since the first nonzero digit of the
of a non-zero digit.
given number is 1, so the decimal
point is moved to the left.

Step 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Count the number of places you
moved the decimal point. Since the number of places the
decimal point moved is 11, so the
exponent of 10 is 11.

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 Steps Example
Step 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The number of places the decimal
point moved is the exponent of 10. In this example, the exponent of 10
is positive so, the answer is 1.2 x 10 11.

If the decimal point is moved to the 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
left, the exponent is positive. If it is
moved to the right, the exponent is While in this example, the exponent
is moved to the left, so the exponent of
negative.
10 is negative.
And the answer is 2.5 x 10 -7

What’s More

Activity 3: Write Me!

Let’s Find Out: The Scientific Notation of the Number
Let’s Use These Materials: Answer sheet and ballpen
Let’s Do it This Way:
a. Write the following numbers in scientific notation.
b. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
Number 1 is done for you.

1) 234 000 000 000 Answer: 2.34 x 1011

2) 123,500
3) 0. 000 340
4) 0. 000 002 540
5) 5000

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 Lesson Writing Scientific Notation to Standard
3 Notation

What’s New

One light-year is the unit of distance that light can travel in a

year. If the speed of light is 3 x 105 kilometers per second, about how many
kilometers does light travel in one year?

What is It

The following are the rules to follow in writing scientific notation

to standard notation.
Positive Exponent Negative Exponent
Rule: Rule:
In writing scientific notation to In writing scientific notation to
standard form, move the decimal standard form, move the decimal
point to the right for the positive point to the left for the negative
exponent. exponent.
Example 1: Example 1:
3 .128 x 10 3 = 3128. 3 . 9 x 10 -2 = 0.039

Since the exponent is positive 3, we Since the exponent is negative 2, we

will move the decimal point three times to will move the decimal point two times to
the right, so our answer is 3128. the left, so our answer is 0.039.

Example 2: Example 2:
6.4 x 104 = 64 000. 6.12 x 10-5 = 0.0000612

Since the exponent is positive 4, we Since the exponent is negative 5, we

will move the decimal point four times to will move the decimal point five times to
the right, so our answer is 64 000. the left, so our answer is 0.0000612.

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 What’s More

Activity 4: Rewrite Me!

Let’s Find Out: The Standard Form of the Number
Let’s Use These Materials: Answer sheet and ballpen
Let’s Do it This Way:
a. Write each scientific notation to standard notation.
b. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
Number 1 is done for you.

Answer: 43 000 1) 4.3 𝑥 104 4) 4 𝑥 1011

2) 3.05𝑥 10−6 5) 2 x 10-2

3) 1.08 𝑥 10−4

What I Have Learned

Activity 5: Fill Me!

Let’s Find Out: The Missing Word/s
Let’s Use These Materials: Answer sheet and ballpen
Let’s Do it This Way:
a. Fill in the blanks with the correct word/s.
b. Write the answers on your answer sheet. Number 1 is done for you.

1. Significant figures are the number of digits in a value, that contribute to the
degree of accuracy of the value.
2. Very large and small numbers are usually written in ____________.
3. To write numbers in scientific notation, move the ___________ to the right
for the positive exponent.
4. In the expression 𝑎 𝑥 10𝑛 , n is called the ___________.
5. If the decimal point is moved to the __________then the exponent of 10 is
negative.

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 What I Can Do

Activity 6: Complete Me!

Let’s Find Out: The Transformation of the Numbers
Let’s Use These Materials: Answer sheet and ballpen
Let’s Do it This Way:
a. Complete the table by supplying the correct notation of the
underlined numbers.
b. Write the answers on your answer sheet. Number 1 is done for you.

A. Write each number in Scientific Notation.

Standard Notation Scientific Notation

1. The estimated population of the Philippines is 1.1 x 108

110 000 000.

2. The average width of human hair is 0.0008 m.

3. The average number of Region 10students

who enjoyed Mathematics classes is 1,340.

B. Write each number in Standard Notation.

Scientific Notation Standard Notation

1. Earth’s age is approximately 4.54 𝑥 109 years. 4 540 000 000

2. The estimated number of cells in the human

body is 3.72 x 1013 .

3. The diameter of a neuron is 4 𝑥 10−3 .

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 Assessment

Multiple Choice.
Directions: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of the answers on
your answer sheet.
1. What is the standard form of 8𝑥104 ?
A. 0.00008 B. 0 C. 8000 D. 80 000
2. How many zeros are there in 6.47𝑥1011 if written in standard form?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12
3. Which one of these is in scientific notation?
A. 8.987000 B. 8.98𝑥106 C. 80.987𝑥10 D. 8.986
4. When can we say that a number is expressed in scientific notation?
A. if it is written in the form a x 10ⁿ where 1 ≥ a < 10
B. if it is written in the form a x 10ⁿ where 1 < a > 10
C. if it is written in the form a x 10ⁿ where 1 ≤ a < 10
D. if it is written in the form a x 10ⁿ where 1 > a ≤ 10
5. What is the scientific notation of 0.000457?
A. 4.57𝑥10−6 C. 457𝑥104
B. 4.57𝑥10−4 D. 4.57𝑥106
6. How do you write 2.4𝑥10−3 in standard notation?
A. 0.0024 B. 0.024 C. 0.24 D. 2400
7. What is the scientific notation of 52 000 000?
A. 5.2𝑥10−7 C. 5.2𝑥107
B. 5.2𝑥10−6 D. 52𝑥106
8. Which number is correctly written in scientific notation?
A. 99.3𝑥10−6 C. 143.54𝑥106
B. 10.4𝑥103 D. 1.4𝑥10−3
9. What is the scientific notation of a matured carabao whose weight is
approximately as heavy as 25 pigs, and each pig weighs up to 128 kg?
A. 3.2 𝑥 10−3 𝑘𝑔 C. 3.2 𝑥 103 𝑘𝑔
B. 32 𝑥 10−2 𝑘𝑔 D. 32 𝑥 102 𝑘𝑔
10.What is the standard form of 1.32𝑥10−3 ?
A. 0.000132 C. 1320
B. 0.00132 D. 132000

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 Additional Activities

Activity 7: It’s Me!

Let’s Find Out: The Other Notation of the Number
Let’s Use These Materials: Answer sheet and ballpen
Let’s Do it This Way:
a. Write each of the given numbers in scientific notation or vice versa.
b. Write the answers on your answer sheet. Number 2 is done for you.

Standard Notation Scientific Notation

1) 246.32 1) ______________
2) 107.854 2) 1.07854 x 102
3) ______________ 3) 3.4x10-3

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Answer Key

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 References

Marilou C.Geruela, et al., DIWA Mathematics for the 21 st Century Learner 7

Diwa Learning Systems Inc. pages 72-76

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