Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Numbers in Scientific Notation

Numbers in Scientific Notation:

Let us learn how to write the numbers in scientific notation form.

The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/sec.

This can be written in scientific notation as 3 x 10 to the power of 8 or as 3 x 10^8.

The numb er 134000000000 can be written in scientific notation as 1.34 x 10^11.

The first number 1.34 is called the coefficient. It must be greater or equal to1 and less then 10.The second number is called he base. It must always be10and is always be written in exponent form in scientific notation.

Hope you like the above example of Numbers in Scientific Notation.Please leave your comments, if you have any doubts.

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