What professions use scientific notation?
People in the sciences are the main professions that use scientific notation
How do you translate scientific notation to ordinary numbers?
S.N. uses a number greater than 1, less than 10 ( 10>n>1), and a power of ten.
To convert, simply move the decimal point (d.p.) the number of places shown by the power of ten.
For a positive power of ten, shift right, for a negative power of ten, shift left (and add zeroes if needed).
Strictly speaking, 30.15 x 102, 956 x 10-3 are not S.N., as the number is not <10,
and > 1
Examples. 2.05 x 103 means shift the d.p. 3 places to the right:
20.5 - one place,
205 - two places,
2050 - three places.
7.56 x 10-4 means shift the d.p. 4 places left:
0.756 - one place,
0.0756 - two places,
0.007 56 - three places (and group digits into bunches of three for legibility),
0.000 756 - four places.
When doing scientific notation is it negative if you move left?
No, if you shift the decimal point to the left, the exponent of base 10 is positive. The exponent of base 10 is negative if you shift the decimal point to the right.
How do you write 487 in scientific notation?
4.9x10^2 or 4.87x10^2
Depending if you want to round or not.