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Number | Scientific Notation? | Product of | Places after 1st Digit |
1 | 1.0x100 | 1 | 0 places |
10 | 1.0x101 | 1*10 | 1 places |
100 | 1.0x102 | 1*10*10 | 2 places |
1,000 | 1.0x103 | 1*10*10*10 | 3 places |
10,000 | 1.0x104 | 1*10*10*10*10 | 4 places |
100,000 | 1.0x105 | 1*10*10*10*10*10 | 5 places |
1,000,000 | 1.0x106 | 1*10*10*10*10*10*10 | 6 places |
A number can be converted to scientific notation by increasing the power of ten by one for each place the decimal point is moved to the left. In the example above, the decimal point was moved 9 places to the left to form a number more than 1 and less than 10.
Scientific notation numbers may be written in different forms. The number 6x109 could also be written as 6e+9. The +9 indicates that the decimal point would be moved 9 places to the right to write the number in standard form.
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