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Suppose you have two numbers in scientific notation.

· Rename them so that the exponents (powers of 10) are the same,

· add the two mantissae to form the new mantissa, and append the 10 and exponent,

· if the resulting mantissa is less tahn 1 then rename the mantissa and adjust the exponent accordingly.

For the first stage you may rename both numbers or either one.

For example,

3.5*10^4 - 4.5*10^3 = 35*10^3 - 4.5*10^3 = (35-4.5)*10^3 = 30.5*10^3 = 3.05*10^4

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