Scientific Notation and Significant Figures

Scientific Notation

Significant Figures

Decimals

Whole Numbers

multiplication

All numbers but zero

Trailing Zeros

Numbers

Between 1 and 10

Shorten Down Answers

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exponents

base of ten

add exponents

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Zeros between other numbers

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No zeroes before decimal

no negatives, only negative exponents

rules

Moving Decimals

Number of times moved is the exponent power

Negative exponent if moving to smaller number