The idea is to show very large numbers, or very small numbers (close to zero) in a concise notation. If you write down the mass of the Sun in kilograms, it is very cumbersome; also, you have to count the digits to compare with some other number (such as the mass of another star); with scientific notation, you can immediately compare two such numbers.
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Yes, that is the main purpose of scientific notation.Yes, that is the main purpose of scientific notation.Yes, that is the main purpose of scientific notation.Yes, that is the main purpose of scientific notation.
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
It is 8.9*10^-5 in scientific notation
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To write out very large or very small numbers using a minimum amount of digits For example 1,000,000 = 1.0*106 and 0.000001 = 1.0*10-6 in scientific notation.