Here are some actually occurring numbers. Write them in scientific notation. Remember that there is one digit before the decimal point, and it is non-zero.
The land area of Earth is 57,500,000 =
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~ square miles.
The ocean area of Earth is 139,400,000 =
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~ square miles.
The length of a light year is 9,461,000,000,000,000 =
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~ kilometers.
This equals approximately 5,880,000,000,000,000 =
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~ miles.
The thickness of the skin of a soap bubble is approximately 0.0000001 =
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~ meters. (A meter is a little more than three feet.)
An ounce of Oxygen contains approximately
686,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 =
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~ molecules.
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