Multiply & Divide Scientific Notation Worksheets

How Do You Multiply and Divide Terms in Scientific Notation? There are a variety of different tools you can use to make math problems easy to solve. Rounding off, place values, and scientific notations. What is scientific notation? If you are dealing with large numbers or numbers that are too small, scientific notation helps you write them conveniently in the decimal form. Many students find it challenging to apply arithmetic operations when numbers are written in scientific notation. So, how to multiply and divide numbers written in scientific notations? The fact that all numbers in scientific notation are written with a base 10 makes it easy for students to multiply and divide them. Multiplying Numbers in Scientific Notation - To multiply numbers with scientific notation, you simply have to multiply the coefficients and add the exponents. Dividing Numbers in Scientific Notation - To divide numbers written in scientific notation, you divide the coefficients and subtract the exponents. You see, it is that simple!