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example
nomenclature
Scientific Notation
Scientific notation is a way of
writing numbers using powers of 10,
it is used to reduce the writing of
numbers that have many digits.
Write the number in its decimal form
with a digit before the decimal point
(other than zero)
Count the number of decimal places
we had to “move” with the comma,
this number will be our exponent
Write the product of a number in a
power of base 10
N.10²
illustrative high number
200.000.000.000.000
2.10¹¹
-12.000.000.000.000
-1,2.10¹³
5.10³
Mantissa
order of magnitude
NOTE: The mantissa will always
be between 10 and 1
