Scientific Notation Study Page

Use the menu below to learn about Scientific Notation!



Today's **extension will let you use scientific notation to make short work of our huge solar system!
If you'd like to see the powers of 10 in a very cool way, check out the slide show @ Florida State University!
The show starts 10 million light years away from our Milky Way and ends inside the nucleus of a cell!

Click this link to return to the Decimals General Studies Page.

Standard to Scientific
238,000
2.38 * 105
Scientific to Standard
8.432 * 105
843200 = 843,200
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