1. Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation is a way writing extremely small or large numbers and plugging them into the calculator.
6.02 x 1023 is an example of scientific notation

2. Scientific Notation
Writing extremely small numbers like the diameter of a blood vessel…..

3. Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation can be used for writing extremely large numbers.
Like the distance circumference of our solar system…..

4. Scientific Notation
Writing in Scientific Notation means understanding what is meant.
Your number must be > (greater than or equal to) 1, but < (less than) 10.
Your exponent (n) on the number ten tells you how many times the decimal has been moved. How many times 10 has been multiplied by 10.
(+) or (-) sign lets us know the direction the decimal has moved.

5. Scientific Notation
(+) exponents let us know the number is bigger than 1.
1000 = x 103
234 = 2.34 x 102
2568=
1,234,000 =

6. Scientific Notation (-) sign tells us our number is smaller than 1
.001 = 1 x 10-3
= 1 x 10-6 = =