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scientific notation

NOUN
recording numbers in powers of ten
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“Atto” is the scientific notation prefix that represents 10-18, which is a decimal point followed by 17 zeroes and a 1.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2023

In the following exercises, write each number in scientific notation.

From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020

TRY IT : : 6.205 Write in scientific notation: 0.0078.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

This will give you good practice with scientific notation, since the numbers involved are very large!

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

Why don’t news magazines and newspapers make appropriate use of scientific notation in their stories?

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



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