Scientific notation is a way of representing numbers, usually very large or very small, in the form
a*10^b where 1<= |a| < 10 is adecimal number and b is an integer (negative or positive).
a is called the mantissa and b is called the exponent.
To convert a number to scientific notation:
For example:
23045.06 becomes 2.304506*10^4
-23045.06 becomes -2.304506*10^4
0.00023004 becomes 2.3004*10^(-4)
To convert a number in scientific notation to normal form:
For example:
4.56*10^5 = 456000.
-4.56*10^5 = -456000.
4.56*10^(-5) = 0.0000456
I have avoided using the term "Standard form" because, ironically, it is a non-standard term. In the UK Standard and Scientific forms are the same whereas in the US, the Standard form is what I have chosen to call the normal form.
The steps, in order, will depend on what you wish to do: convert from normal to scientific notation, the converse, perform one of the basic operations of arithmetic on numbers in scientific notation.
Scientific notation is not a problem that needs to be "solved".
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.
The steps, in order, will depend on what you wish to do: convert from normal to scientific notation, the converse, perform one of the basic operations of arithmetic on numbers in scientific notation.
Scientific notation is not a problem that needs to be "solved".
Anyone can use scientific notation - including women!
It is 3.0002*10^10 in scientific notation
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
375,000 in Scientific Notation = 3.75 x 105
6 x 10-3.
0,000,004.3 in Scientific Notation = 4.3E-06 x 106