Scientific Notation

Scientific notation is defined as shorter method to state simplest form of very large numbers. This method is called scientific notation. Scientific Notation is powers of the base number 10 has expressed in the scientific notation.

Scientific notation, also known as standard form or as exponential notation, is a way of writing numbers that accommodates values too large or small to be conveniently written in standard decimal notation.

In Scientific Notation all the numbers are written as:

a × 10^b

("a times ten to the power of b"), where the exponent b is an integer, and the coefficient a is any real number.

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Basic Scientific Notations:

1 * 10¹ = 1

1 * 10² = 10

1 * 10³ = 100

1* 10⁴ = 10000

1 * 10⁵ = 100000

Let us try to understand this with the help of the below example on scientific Notations.

Scientific Notation Example 1)

solve 5.59 *
-->10⁵
Solution:

Given that 5.59 *
-->10⁵
Significant value = 5.59

Exponent = 5

You can change the Decimal point to the right side and add the three zeros

The solution is 559000.