Examples
\(3,000,000 = 3 \times 10^6\)
Scientific Notation Calculator
Convert numbers to and from scientific notation, and perform operations with scientific notation
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Scientific Notation Theory
Scientific notation is a way of writing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form.
Format
A number in scientific notation is written as a × 10ⁿ, where:
- a is the coefficient (1 ≤ |a| < 10)
- n is the exponent (integer)
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\(a \times 10^n\) where \(1 \leq |a| < 10\)
Worked Examples
Examples
\(0.0000045 = 4.5 \times 10^{-6}\)