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Working With Scientific Notation

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In this scientific notation worksheet, students read about the discovery of new planets. They use scientific notation to identify the number of miles from one planet to the next. Students determine how long it would take to travel, when traveling at the speed of light. This one-page worksheet contains five multi-step problems.

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the speed of light, light, light years, scientific notation, space, basic operations, real-world applications, math applications

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light year, scientific notation, space, speed of light, operations, real world application, math
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8th - 10th
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Math
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