To perform multiplication using scientific notation you simply add the exponents after performing the multiplication of the values.
Example:
32500 * 4521000 = ?
3.25 e4 * 4.521 e6 = 14.69325 e10 or 1.469325 e11
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200,000 in Scientific Notation = 2 x 105
Using scientific notation reduces the need to write out very large or very small numbers as the following examples show:- 1,000,000,000,000 = 1.0*1012 in scientific notation 0.0000000001 = 1.0*10-10 in scientific notation
The point of using scientific notation is to compute very large or very small numbers.
4000 in scientific notation is 4 x 103
0.0000072 in Scientific Notation = 7.2 x 10-6