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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 find the density of a block of wood?

you weigh the block on a balance get its mass

if it is a regular shape block so the volume should be length * weadth * breadth (side * side * side) the density = mass / volume

How does scientific notation help scientists?

Scientific Notation helps scientists write big or small numbers in a shorthand way. For example, instead writing 5,230,000,000,000 it would just be easier to write 5.23 x 10 to the 14th power.

How do you know if a number is scientific notation?

It is in scientific notation if it looks like

±a*10±b, where a is a number between 1 and 10 (1 ≤ a < 10) and b is an integer.

How do you write 0.025 in scientific notation?

Move 2 decimal places to the right, so the exponent for base 10 is -2. Therefore, 0.025 in Scientific Notation is 2.5 x 10-2