Purely a matter of convenience. It's much easier to write, read, say, and remember 6.023 x 1023
than it would be to write, read, say, or remember 602,300,000,000,000,000,000,000.
And it's a lot easier to add, subtract, multiply, or divide two of that kind of number
if they're presented in scientific notation.
Scientific notation is a math term you learn in school. It is used to abbreviate large numbers. 0.000000048 written in scientific notation is 48x10 to the negative 8th power.
A notation is a system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or math. So scientific notation is the system used by scientists to simplify large numbers. And there isn't just scientific notation there's also stuff like electrical notation or musical notation. Hope this helps!
Sometimes. Scientific notation is used to express very small or very large numbers. If the problem does not involve any such numbers then there is no need for scientific notation.
Exponents are negative numbers. This is used in math a lot.
No, it is not. In many branches of science it is necessary to deal with numbers which are very large or very small and scientific notation is used to represent such numbers more easily.
To compute very large or very small numbers.
Scientific notation is a math term you learn in school. It is used to abbreviate large numbers. 0.000000048 written in scientific notation is 48x10 to the negative 8th power.
A notation is a system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or math. So scientific notation is the system used by scientists to simplify large numbers. And there isn't just scientific notation there's also stuff like electrical notation or musical notation. Hope this helps!
Sometimes. Scientific notation is used to express very small or very large numbers. If the problem does not involve any such numbers then there is no need for scientific notation.
Exponents are negative numbers. This is used in math a lot.
Because sometimes numbers get very big or very small.
No, it is not. In many branches of science it is necessary to deal with numbers which are very large or very small and scientific notation is used to represent such numbers more easily.
It usually isn't. Scientific notation is used for very large and very small numbers, that are not normally used in your daily life. Unless your "daily life" involves work in science or engineering.
The term "scientific notation" is used for a way of writing very large or very small numbers. Apart from that, "NaCl" is already the form used in science to specify this compound (common table salt).
Probably because it is in science that very large and small numbers are used, which made the use of this notation convenient.Probably because it is in science that very large and small numbers are used, which made the use of this notation convenient.Probably because it is in science that very large and small numbers are used, which made the use of this notation convenient.Probably because it is in science that very large and small numbers are used, which made the use of this notation convenient.
Science is math and math is science
Scientific notation is used to compute very large or very small numbers.