The Ideas Below Would Guide Student Understanding of the Concept

question 6

Multiple Choice

The ideas below would guide student understanding of the concept behind scientific notation EXCEPT.

• A)Examining patterns that arise when inputting very large and small numbers into a calculator.
• B)Researching real-life examples of very large and small numbers.
• C)Asking them to perform computation on very large and small numbers that are not in scientific notation,so they can see how difficult it is.
• D)Instructing them only on the movement of the decimal point "the exponent with the 10 tells how many places to move the decimal point".

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