Question

if you were asked to express the weight in ounces of a ladybug in scientific notation, would the exponent of the 10 be positive or negative

Answer 1

Negative because the weight of a ladybug is 0.0007054792 ounces, and if you had to convert to scientific notation, you would move right. (7.054792 * 10 to the power of -4)

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

Negative.

Step-by-step explanation:

Scientific notation is used to express very small or very large numbers.

Very small numbers are written in scientific notation using negative exponents.

Very large numbers are written in scientific notation using positive exponents.

Since a ladybug is very small, we would use the very small scientific notation, which uses negative exponents.