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You can find scientific notation being used wherever numbers are very large or very small.

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What was scientific notation first used for?

Scientific notation is used to compute very large or very small numbers.


How is scientific notation used in life?

Scientific notation is used to compute very large or very small numbers.


How is scientific notation used in forensics?

Scientific notation used in forensics to compute very large or very small numbers.


How is scientific notation used in jobs?

Scientific notation is used in jobs to compute very large or very small numbers.


Why is something in scientific notation?

Scientific notation is used when numbers are very large or very small as for example 1,000,000,000,000 is 1.0*10^12 in scientific notation


Where is scientific notation used in every day life?

scientific notation is used when extremly high amounts of one type of object is being used such as money or chemicals. it is also always used in chemistry because some of the stuff as a chemist is calculated in moles.


When do you use scientific notation?

Scientific notation is used when dealing with very small or very large numbers.


Can rare earth metals be used in scientific notation?

Scientific notation is often used to represent very large and very small numbers. Actually, you can also express a "normal-sized" number in scientific notation. So, whenever there is a number, you may use scientific notation.


What are some examples of scientific notation being used?

When talking about the number of miles to other stars, it is best to use scientific notation. Example: 2.38 x 1014 looks better than 238000000000000.


Why are scientific notation used in scientific calculation?

Because less digits are needed in scientific notation to represent very large numbers.


Why is notation called scientific notation?

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!


Will marks be deducted if scientific notation is not used in answering Chemistry questions?

yes marks will be deducted if scientific notation is not followed as scientific notation has specific meaning .thus it is better to use scientific convention