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It is used for recording very large or very small numbers. This is particularly true for sciences.




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Scientific notation is useful in today's world in a few ways. It help with studies and help finding issues.

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How can you scientific notation to solve real world problems?

Scientific notation is useful for very large or very small numbers. If you use such numbers in your "real world", then scientific notation will be very useful. This may be the case, for example, when you work in science or engineering. Otherwise, if you don't work in an area that uses such large or small numbers, you probably won't find much use for them.


How is scientific notation help us in the real world?

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.


What would 0.000881 be converted from real to scientific notation?

8.81


How is the scientific method usedful in the real world?

You're confused ... it's only useful in the real world. In fantasy worlds, like the ones most people live in, based on politics and/or religion, the scientific method is a joke.


Write three real-world examples of quantities that you would use scientific notation to express?

large ocean, outer space, and atoms


What is 0.000362 in scientific notation?

what is 0.652 from real to scientific notation


When do we use scientific notation in real life?

When working with really large or really small numbers.


What is the difference between scientific notation and engineering notation for writing numbers?

In both notations a number is represented in the form a*10^b where a is a real number and bis an integer.In scientific notation, 1


What is 3.25 10 to the fifth power in scientific notation?

Since the term is already written in the form a x 10b where b is the integer and a is any real value, 3.25 x 105 is already in scientific notation.


What are some real life uses for scientific notation?

Scientific notation is a short hand way of expressing numbers that are very large or very small such as 10,000,000 = 1.0*107 or 0.0000001 = 1.0*10-7


How do you write 56 in scientific notation?

5.6 x 10^1 but the real answer is.... 0.56x10 to the 2 power


Who would use scientific notation in real life?

Scientists? It's handy for writing out any large numbers...