Scientific notation is used to express very large or very small values.
Numbers in scientific notation are written in the form of
m × 10 to the power of n
For example:
500 is written as 5 x 10^2 where:
500 = 5 x 10 x 10
Now, let's consider 7 x 10^3:
Following the same procedure:
7 x 10^3 = 7 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 7000
The pattern can be written as:
7 x 10^3 = 7 x 10 x 10^2
= 70 x 10^2
= 70 x 10 x 10^1
= 700 x 10
= 7000