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It's usually related to large numbers - For example...

1,000,000,000 in scientific notation is 109 - which as you can see takes up much less space.

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It is any number of the form x*10^y where x is positive and if x = y then y > 0 or else y >=0.

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Q: What does it mean for a number to be in scientific notation?
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