Scientific notation

Scientific notation

The product of a power of 10 and a number greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10.

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A system for reporting very small or very large numbers by writing the number as a decimal number between 1 and 10, multiplied by a power of 10. For example, 6020000000000000000000 ...

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A way of expressing a given number as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power.

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