exponential notation

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Convert to exponential notation and solve for x.

From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020

We say 23 is in exponential notation and 2 · 2 · 2 is in expanded notation.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

A term in exponential notation may be part of a mathematical expression, which is a combination of numbers and operations.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

In general, the exponential notation means that the number or variable is used as a factor times.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Though he didn’t have exponential notation, he invented something comparable, and his calculations were essentially equivalent to the following.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos