It is easier than writing billions and millions by using scientific notation. Therefore, there is no mix up of what the numbers represent.
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2.31x106
It is used for recording very large or very small numbers. This is particularly true for sciences.
It helps simplifies large numbers. If your occupation requires you to deal with million, billions, trillions, or larger, then scientific notation saves a lot of time and confusion.
5.89917 x 103
8.8 x 101 This is the same as saying 8.8 x 10. It might be useful to understand some of these simple powers: 100 = 1 101 = 10 102 = 100 Use these to help you figure out scientific notation.
Scientific Notation helps scientists write big or small numbers in a shorthand way. For example, instead writing 5,230,000,000,000 it would just be easier to write 5.23 x 10 to the 14th power.
they help to find out new things
The velocity of a space shuttle is 8 x 10^3 meters/seconds. Does that help?
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