•1. What do you get when you multiply together 3 x 1032, 2 x 1056, 0.5 x 1018, and 3
x 10100 ?
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•Many
calculators won’t do this! Here is the power of scientific notation. Just multiply the leading numbers: 3 x 2 x
0.5 x 4 =
9. Add the exponents: 32 + 56 + 18 + 100 = 206. The product is therefore 9 x 10206.