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7: Exponents and Scientific Notation

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In grade 6, students studied whole-number exponents. In this unit, they extend the definition of exponents to include all integers, and in the process codify the properties of exponents. They apply these concepts to the base-ten system, and learn about orders of magnitude and scientific notation in order to represent and compute with very large and very small quantities.

Thumbnail: Expansion of small numbers expressed in scientific notation (CC BY SA 3.0 Unported; Brian Brondel via Wikipedia)


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