Why is it easier to use scientific notation?
Hypothetical question for you here:
Would you rather write
54,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
or
5.4 x 10^25
It's much faster to write, plus you don't have to count zeroes. It's an easy way to write really, really small numbers, or really, really large numbers.
What is what is five and six hundred twenty thousandths in standard form?
It is 5.620*10^0 or, more simply, 5.620
What is the process for scientific notation?
To convert a number to scientific notation: · If the number has no decimal point, then add one at the end. · Then move the decimal point to just after the first digit while counting the number of places you have moved it. · The mantissa of the new number, formed after moving the decimal point is a. · If the original number is negative, then so is a. · The number of places to the left that the decimal point was moved is b. If it was moved to the right, then b is negative. For example: 23045.06 becomes 2.304506*10^4 -23045.06 becomes -2.304506*10^4 0.00023004 becomes 2.3004*10^-4
What is the scientific notation for 408915?
4.08915E5 or 4.0891E5
* sometimes in scientific notation only 4 places after the decimal are used sometimes 6 places.