Section 1.3 Homework Hints

Problems 8-11
See Example 2; scientific notation is to write the number as a number between 1 and 10 times a power of ten, and floating-point notations refers to calculator notation. The form given in the book is called fixed point notation. Rewrite each number with a decimal point following the first digit, and then multiply by an appropriate power of ten. For example, 3,200 = 3.200 * 10^3.
Hint for Problem 11a; look at Table 1.1.