Scientific Notation

1.0 * 10 to the 15th power

1.03240 × 10^−2

4.25 x 10^9

4.5 x 10^-3

3.6 × 107

7.0 × 109

1 x 10^-9

A decimal.

0.000981 = 9.81 x 10^-4

48.95 is 4.895*10^1

It is: 5.6*10^7

It is a very large number that would normally be expressed in scientific notation thus using less digits yet retaining its original value.

1.71 x10^-6

3.0 × 10−3

0.12 = 1.2*10^-1.

.012x100

26 hundredths is written as 0.26

move the decimal over to the right one space and multiply by 10 to the negative one

2.6*10-1

now it is in scientific notation

Note that the number is the same as 72300000.0. Move 7 decimal places left and write out:

7.23 x 107

6.71 × 10-5

It is: 3.34*10^-10

It is: 4.5*108

7.05 x 104
7.05 x 10^4

the scientific notation is 152 times 10 to the negative 4th power

2000.2

= 2.0002 X 103

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0.1535 = 1.535 x 10^-1