Scientific Notation

Some steps to convert the term into scientific notation:

1. Determine the leading nonzero digit of the value.
2. From the starting point, which is usually between two values, move the certain decimal places left/right until the decimal place takes place after the leading nonzero digit.
3. Take note of how many decimal places you move the decimal point.

For example, 1234.5061

Move 3 decimal places to the left to get 1.2345061 x 10³.

If you move the decimal point to the left, we obtain positive exponent for base 10.

If you move the decimal point to the right ,we obtain negative exponent for base 10.

Otherwise, if you don't move the decimal point at all, then we obtain zero exponent for base 10!