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Scientific Notation

Scientific notation is the expression of a number based on the largest exponent of 10 for its value, where the form is a decimal number A x 10n.

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How do you tell if a number is in scientific notation?

It is scientific notation if it is written in the form

a*10b where 1 ≤ |a| < 10 and b is an integer.

The vertical bars around a indicate its modulus: that is, the non-negative value of a.

What is the scientific notation for 310233?

310233 = 3.10233 x 105. The decimal place was moved 5 places to the left to make the mantissa between greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10. The exponent is positive if the original number is bigger than 10.

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 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