First you have to set it to the same power of 10. Then it can easily be added or subtracted.
To multiply, you just multiply the given values and add the exponent.
To divide, you divide the numbers and subtract the exponent.
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Yes a percent can be written in scientific notation. In fact, a percentage is already almost scientific notation. % means x10-2 So 7% is 7x10-2 For double digit percentages you would need to divide the number by 10, and take away one from the power. So 25% is 2.5x10-3 For any other numbers, you can convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing it by 100. So 584.6% is 5.846. Once you have the decimal you can convert it to scientific notation the standard way.
To write a number in scientific notation you first need to divide the number by a power of 10 such that the answer has units as the greatest place value. In this case, you can divide by 100,000 to get 6.35. The next step is to represent this power of 10 next to the number as a multiplication. We use 100,000 which is 105. Thus, 635,000 in scientific notation is 6.35x105
To use scientific notation you divide the number by 10 until it is expressed as a number between 1 and 10, then indicate the power of 10 you divided by. In this case we divide by 10 five times to get 6.58 so the answer is 6.58x10^5
To convert a decimal to scientific notation, you first need to divide the number by a power of ten such that the result has units as the greatest place value. In this case, you would divide by 0.01 to get 3.6 The next step is to take the amount you divided by (0.01) and express it as a power of 10 (10-2) Thus, 0.036 in scientific notation is 3.6x10-2
To express a number in scientific notation you first have to divide that number by a power of 10 such that the greatest place value digit is units. In this case we can divide by 100 to get 2.47. The next step is to take the power of 10 we used (in this case 100, or 102) and write it along side the number as a multiplication. Thus, 247 in scientific notation is 2.47x102