if the number is written like this,
4.372 x 104 than the number is written in scientific notation, because it is multiplied by ten to the power of something, and the number is less than ten, but 1 or more.
if it is written like this than it is not in scientific notation.
43720.
scientific notation makes it easier to read.
That system makes it much easier to write the numbers, remember them, tell them to others, and notice mistakes when they're written wrong.
It can shorten the expression into a number that can more easily be understood by giving an order of magnitude to the number. For example, would you write 0.00000000000000000045 or would you write 4.5 X10-19.
The amount of matter that can be stored inside a feather (its capacity) is likely to be extremely small. If using scientific notation, the order of magnitude makes no difference at all. Still, I would suggest a microlitre.The amount of matter that can be stored inside a feather (its capacity) is likely to be extremely small. If using scientific notation, the order of magnitude makes no difference at all. Still, I would suggest a microlitre.The amount of matter that can be stored inside a feather (its capacity) is likely to be extremely small. If using scientific notation, the order of magnitude makes no difference at all. Still, I would suggest a microlitre.The amount of matter that can be stored inside a feather (its capacity) is likely to be extremely small. If using scientific notation, the order of magnitude makes no difference at all. Still, I would suggest a microlitre.
Using power-of-notation makes it easy to multiply numbers.
that maces no sens
An example of a number in scientific notation would be 3.7 x 10⁶
You can apply scientific notation to any number. However, it usually makes sense to do so if the number is greater than at least one million or smaller than a millionth.
Scientific notation makes it easier to express numbers of extremely small or large magnitude. For example, we could either say that something is .00000000068 meters long, or simply use scientific notation to write it as 6.8 x 10-10 meters. There is also an "engineering" notation which is similar to scientific notation, but all exponents are multiples of 3. This is so we can introduce prefixes such as nano, micro, kilo, giga, etc. The number 573000 would be written as 5.73 x 105 in scientific notation, and 573 x 103 in engineering notation.
It makes very large or very small numbers more manageable.
That system makes it much easier to write the numbers, remember them, tell them to others, and notice mistakes when they're written wrong.
Scientific notation makes very large or very small numbers more manageable.
Scientific notation is useful in mathematics because it makes very large or very small numbers easier to compute.
Scientific notation is useful because it helps to read values' significant figures (sigfigs). For example, the number: 6.02^(-10) is much easier to read than .000000000602. When dealing with especially large or small quantities, scientific notation makes it easier to understand how big or small the quantity is.
Scientific notation is just a way of writing a very small or very large number in shorthand. This form of writing number makes it easier to read and is less characters. For example; the number 89000000000000 can also be written like 8.9 * 10^13 for smaller numbers like 0.000000000000009 can be written like 9 * 10^-15 Notice that when it is a smaller number the exponent is negative, that is because the decimal is moving to the right. When the exponent is positive, the decimal moves to the left. Note: * means multiply.
Using scientific numbers means that you do not have a long string of preceding or trailing zeros in the number of interest.
You use scientific notation when it comes to "too large" or "too small" numbers. The reasons why using scientific notation is useful are that it saves time to do the computation and also that it makes people's life easier to compute values instead of writing them out completely!
There are 4 significant figures. This can be seen by writing the number in scientific notation: 108700 = 1.08700 x 10^5 = 1.087 x 10^5 Removing the two trailing zeros makes no difference to the value of the number in scientific notation, therefore they are not significant.