Question

Which types of numbers does scientific notation best describe?

a) very small only
b) very large only
c) very small and very large
d) large and small combined

Answer 1

The correct answer is
c) very small and very large

Let's see this with a few examples:
1) if we have a very small number, such as

`0.0000000001`
we see that we can write it easily by using the scientific notation:

`1\cdot 10^(-10)`
2) Similarly, if we have a very large number:

`10000000000`
we see that we can write it easily by using again the scientific notation:

`1 \cdot 10^(10)`