Scientific notation is a method used to express very large or very small numbers in a more compact and manageable form. By leveraging powers of ten, it simplifies calculations and reduces the number of characters needed to represent a number.
Since the scientific notation is used to represent numbers, their graphical representation is not very different. They can be used as coordinates to representa point, or even be included in a function although this might be very big or very large. They however are not represented ver often in a graph
Mathematical representation
Examples
Coefficient x 10^times moved as in N x 10^e
The mathematical representation is the most important and highlighted version of scientific notation. Instead of writig it in standard form. A dot is moved after the first visible integer multiplying by a power of ten with the exponent depeending on number of positions moved. It can be either positive or negative, commonly reducing the excess of ceros in a large number
Types of Scientific Notation
Substraction
As in the sum, you have to find the common 10 times x and the substract both elements.
8.5 x 10^9 - 4.3 10^9= 4.2 x 10^9
Sum
To sum you have both parts in the same exponent base, then you can sum the coefficients and leave teh common 10 times x
1.225 × 10^3+ 3.655 × 10^3 = 1.26155 x 10^5
Division
To divide, divide the coefficients and substract the exponents
10.4 × 10^6/ 5.2 × 10^4 = 4 x 10^2
Multiplication
To multiply innscientific notation, multiply the coefficients and sum the exponents.
(4.3 × 10^8) (5.6 × 10^4) = 24.08 x 10^12
Definition
Scientific notation is a way of writing very large numbers in a more convenient way. We usally right in the expanded/standard form, however scientific notation uses a multiplication by ten (x10) with exponents to reduce the characters in a number.