It makes it practical to write the numbers involved on a reasonable sized sheet of paper in a reasonable time.
It is: 1.277*10^6 in scientific notation
Astronomy
Astronomy
scientific notation meansThis is not a very large number, but it will work nicely for an example. To convert this to scientific notation, I first write "1.24". This is not the same number, but (1.24)(100) = 124 is, and 100 = 102. Then, in scientific notation, 124 is written as 1.24 × 102.
100 million in Scientific Notation = 1 x 108
You use scientific notation in astronomy to compute very large or very small numbers.
Mostly the sciences use scientific notation
psychologist do not usually use scientific notation
Yes, physicists use scientific notation
Judges usually don't use scientific notation.
it's used in more than two places. It's used in Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy.
People in the sciences are the main professions that use scientific notation
Scientific notation is usually used to represent large numbers. For example - the number 123,400,000,000,000,000 can be represented in scientific notation as 1.234 x 1017. It's commonly used in astronomy when referring to the vast distances between stars etc.
Professions that do not use scientific notation are most anything outside the sciences.
Anyone can use scientific notation - including women!
Physicist, chemist, biologists, and doctors all use scientific notation.
Scientists use scientific notation to compute very large or very small numbers.