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What is scientific notation?

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Scientific notation is a math skill that scientists or mathematicians use to multiply large numbers EX: 2.34x10^7 = 23,400,000
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Scientific notation is the way that scientists easily handle very large numbers or very small numbers. For example, instead of writing 0.0000000056, we write 5.6 x 10-9.
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