How do you type scientific notation?

Answer 1

(number) X 10^(power)

example

2.343 X 10^8

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1450 = 1.45 x 103

basically you shift the decimal place over to the left and stop just before the last number. Multiply this new number by 10 to the power of the number of decimal places you shifted by.

0.00145 = 1.45 x 10-3

its the same thing for decimal numbers except you shift the decimal place to the right and stop just after the first number greater than 0. you multiply this number by 10 to the negative power of the number of decimal places you shifted by.