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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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What is the scientific notation of 0.000000232?

2.32 * 10-7

The ten is to the negative seventh power because you have to move the decimal to the left 7 places to get one whole number.

How do you write 8350000 in scientific notation?

8.35 X 106

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The zeroes are superfluous here. Except for counting places. They reappear when the number is written in standard form.

What are the four things that use scientific notation?

Molecular biology, quantum physics, cosmology and physical chemistry are four examples.

What is 0.0000056 in scientific notation?

Move 6 decimal places from the starting point to get 5.6 x 10-6. We obtain the negative exponent due to the leading nonzero digit 5 in the millionths place.

What is 700 billionths in scientific notation?

  • In countries that use the long scale (based on powers of a million) like Europe
700 billionths = 700 x 10-12

= 7 x 10-10

  • In countries that use the short scale (based on powers of a thousand) like USA
700 billionths = 700 x 10-9

= 7 x 10-7

What is the second step of scientific notation?

The answer depends on

  1. what you wish to do with the number(s) in scientific notation and
  2. what you consider to have been step 1.