{"id":253403,"date":"2025-07-12T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=253403"},"modified":"2025-07-12T05:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:00:57","slug":"the-weight-of-one-of-the-smaller-species-of-butterflies-was-measured-at-0-0007-ounces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/12\/the-weight-of-one-of-the-smaller-species-of-butterflies-was-measured-at-0-0007-ounces\/","title":{"rendered":"The weight of one of the smaller species of butterflies was measured at 0.0007 ounces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The weight of one of the smaller species of butterflies was measured at 0.0007 ounces. Write the weight of this butterfly in scientific notation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weight of the butterfly is given as 0.0007 ounces. To express this in scientific notation, we need to convert it into a form that uses powers of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steps:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Move the decimal point:<\/strong> In this case, the decimal point is placed after the first non-zero digit (7). So, we move the decimal point 4 places to the right.\n
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    • 0.0007 becomes 7.0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Determine the exponent:<\/strong> The decimal point was moved 4 places to the right, so the exponent for 10 will be -4. This indicates that the number is less than 1, and the decimal point was moved to the right to obtain a smaller value.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Thus, the number 0.0007 can be written in scientific notation as: 7.0\u00d710\u221247.0 \\times 10^{-4}7.0\u00d710\u22124<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • Scientific notation<\/strong> is a shorthand way of expressing very large or very small numbers. It helps to make these numbers more manageable and easier to work with.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The format for scientific notation is a\u00d710ba \\times 10^ba\u00d710b, where aaa is a number between 1 and 10 (called the coefficient<\/strong>), and bbb is an integer (called the exponent<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The coefficient<\/strong> in this case is 7.0, and the exponent<\/strong> is -4, indicating the number is a small value, 0.0007 ounces, but written in a more compact form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        So, the scientific notation for the butterfly’s weight is 7.0\u00d710\u221247.0 \\times 10^{-4}7.0\u00d710\u22124 ounces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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