Scientific Notation Formula
Scientific notation is a method for expressing a given quantity as a number having
significant digits necessary for a specified degree of accuracy, multiplied by 10 to the
appropriate power such as 1.56 × 107. It is a form of presenting very large numbers or
very small numbers in a simpler form. The scientific notation helps us to represent the
numbers that are very huge or very tiny in a form of multiplication of single-digit
numbers and 10 raised to the power of the respective exponent. The exponent is
positive if the number is very large and it is negative if the number is very small. Let's
understand the scientific notation formula.
What is Scientific Notation Formula?
A scientific notation is a form of writing a given number, an equation, or an expression
in a form that follows certain rules. Writing a large number like 8.6 billion in its number
form is not just ambiguous but also time-consuming and there are chances that we
may write a few zeros less or more while writing in the number form. So, to represent
very large or very small numbers concisely, we use scientific notation. The general
representation of scientific notation or scientific notation formula is given as:
a × 10b ; 1 ≤ a < 10
'a' represents any number between 0 to 10 ( greater than 0 and lesser than
10)where,
Scientific Notation Rules
To determine the power or exponent of 10, let us understand how many places we
need to move the decimal point after the single-digit number.
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If the given number is multiples of 10 then the decimal point has to move to the left,
and the power of 10 will be positive.
Example: 8000 = 8 × 103 is in scientific notation.
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If the given number is smaller than 1, then the decimal point has to move to the right,
so the power of 10 will be negative.
Example: 0.0005 = 5 × 0.0001 = 5 × 10-4 is in scientific notation.
Positive and Negative Exponent
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When the scientific notation of any large numbers is expressed, then we use positive
exponents for base 10.
Example: 5000000 = 5 x 106, where 6 is the positive exponent.

When the scientific notation of any small numbers is expressed, then we use negative
exponents for base 10.
Example: 0.00004 = 4 x 10-5, where -5 is the negative exponent.
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