Scientific notation is the process of minimizing the larger value into contracted form. When we squeeze extra digits, the value will change into 10 rest to power value. Managing quite larger value, especially in mathematical terms, is not more than chewing iron pallets. But, the use of scientific notation made this problem easy, Either the value is too large or little, we can now handle it very well. How can we do it? Mathematically; you can transform the value 0.0000000056 into 5.6 x 10-9. For the value 5.6 x 10-9, the product of two numbers = 5.6 (the digit term), power value = 109. We get +ve 10 rest to power value by shifting the decimal point at the right-hand side. And, we get -ve 10 rest to power value by moving the decimal point at the left-hand side. For example: In scientific notation, the value for +ve exponent is: 46600000 = 4.66 x 107. And, for -ve value of the exponent will be like this; 0.00053 = 5.3 x 10-4. Here, the zeros of the above are place Holders. The digital term has a pair of significant figures.
When we run into very large or very small numbers scientific notation can really help you make things simpler. It allows us to leave a whole bunch of trailing zeroes out of the picture. This is sometimes called Powers of Ten notation. Scientific notation consists of two main parts the trailing non-zero digits expressed to the decimal value of the tens place and the power of ten raised to the value to express all the trailing zeroes. These worksheets explain how to read scientific notation. Activities include converting between decimal form and scientific notation, determining the correct notation based on place value, and more.
