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Then, once you understand how to do the question, click on&nbsp;<em>Try another question like this one</em>&nbsp;to start again.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Write the following numbers in decimal&nbsp;notation.</p>", "advice": "", "rulesets": {}, "extensions": [], "builtin_constants": {"e": true, "pi,\u03c0": true, "i": true}, "constants": [], "variables": {"q2": {"name": "q2", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "precround(dec2*10^pow2,14)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything", "can_override": false}, "q1": {"name": "q1", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "precround(dec1*10^pow1,14)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything", "can_override": false}, "pow2": {"name": "pow2", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(list(-6..-1) except pow1)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything", "can_override": false}, "dec1": {"name": "dec1", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(1.1..9.9#0.01)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything", "can_override": false}, "pow1": {"name": "pow1", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(-1..-6)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything", "can_override": false}, "dec2": {"name": "dec2", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(1.1..9.9#0.001)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything", "can_override": false}}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "ungrouped_variables": ["dec1", "pow1", "q1", "dec2", "pow2", "q2"], "variable_groups": [], "functions": {}, "preamble": {"js": "", "css": ""}, "parts": [{"type": "gapfill", "useCustomName": false, "customName": "", "marks": 0, "scripts": {}, "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "unitTests": [], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "variableReplacements": [], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "nextParts": [], "suggestGoingBack": false, "adaptiveMarkingPenalty": 0, "exploreObjective": null, "prompt": "<p>$\\var{dec1}\\times 10^\\var{pow1}$ =&nbsp;[[0]]</p>", "stepsPenalty": "1", "steps": [{"type": "information", "useCustomName": false, "customName": "", "marks": 0, "scripts": {}, "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "unitTests": [], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "variableReplacements": [], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "nextParts": [], "suggestGoingBack": false, "adaptiveMarkingPenalty": 0, "exploreObjective": null, "prompt": "<p>A number is in scientific notation if it is written as a decimal multiplied by some power of 10, where the decimal has exactly one digit in front of the decimal place. For example:</p>\n<p>\\[1.234\\times 10^6, \\quad \\text{and} \\quad 3.01\\times 10^{-3}\\]</p>\n<p>are both in scientific notation.</p>\n<p></p>\n<hr/>\n<p>Multiplying a number by $10^\\var{pow1}$ will move the decimal point&nbsp;$\\var{-pow1}$ place<span data-jme-visible=\"pow1&lt;&gt;-1\">s</span> to make the number smaller (the decimal point moves to the left). This is because</p>\n<p>\\[10^\\var{pow1}=\\frac{1}{10^\\var{-pow1}}=\\frac{1}{\\var{10^-pow1}}=\\var{10^pow1}\\]</p>\n<p>and so multiplying by it must make the original number smaller. 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