Find the Error: Operations With Numbers in Scientific Notation

Use this error analysis worksheet to help students build confidence when performing operations with numbers in scientific notation! Geared toward eighth-grade learners, this two-page worksheet has six problems, each of which includes sample student work that features an error commonly made when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing numbers in scientific notation. For each problem, students are asked to circle the error in the work, explain what the error was, and then show the correct work. For a helpful introduction or review of this skill, have students complete the Adding and Subtracting Numbers in Scientific Notation and Multiplying and Dividing Numbers in Scientific Notation worksheets!