Scientific Notation
•
N
When written correctly
n
,
N
is a number
an integer (i.e. whole
number)
or a mixed decimal
with a value
between 1 and 10
is a positive or negative
integer
the exponent,
there must one
non zero digit
and only one non zero
digit
to the left of the decimal
point
in
the number
N
.
•
All numbers may be expressed in the form
•
x
•
10
•
n