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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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Why is scientific notation used in science and math?
Purely a matter of convenience. It's much easier to write, read, say, and remember 6.023 x 1023
than it would be to write, read, say, or remember 602,300,000,000,000,000,000,000.
And it's a lot easier to add, subtract, multiply, or divide two of that kind of number
if they're presented in scientific notation.
How is ten billion expressed in standard form?
Ten billion (10,000,000,000*) expressed in standard form is: 1.0 × 1010
*this is the standard notation
How do you change 0.0025 to scientific notation?
It is: 2.5*10-3 which means that the decimal point must be moved 3 places to the left to go back to 0.0025
The given population number in scientific notation is: 3.76919*10^7
Write fifty-five hundredths in standard form?
5.5 × 10-1
This is not a number you would normally write in standard form. As it is very short. Usually numbers are written in standard form to save time.
What is 7300000 written in scientific notation?
Count numbers beyound first number.Place a decimal point between first number and second.They write 7.3x10^[6]
7300000 in scientific notation can be written as 7.3 x 106
