Steps in scientific notation
1. Identify the location of the decimal point.
2. Move the decimal point, stop moving after 1st none zero digit, stop moving the non zero digit,
3. Identify the multiplying factor
4. Identify the exponent
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Scientific notation is not a problem that needs to be "solved".
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.
6 x 10-3.
There are not seven steps unless you start counting steps like "pick up pen"! Three steps is all that it takes.
The answer depends on which steps you consider to be the first three. The sequence can vary.