222k views
5 votes
I don 't know how to scientific notation

1 Answer

3 votes

Hopefully you understand this

Scientifc notation is used to make very large decimal number less longer.

so, an example

0.0043, quite a long decimal, right?

You need to create a number through 1-10. so would be to move 3 places

4.3,

Since the spaces we took where 3

we have a 10 with the expoent of negative 3. This is so if you do the problem it will go back to it's orgnally state the decimal was at. ( so you'll know if you did something wrong)

so if should look like this but almost,

=4.3x10(noted there is an -3 exponet on 10)

Hopes this helps!

User BigDataKid
by
4.1k points