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JudyIt is appropriate to use scientific notation when dealing with very large or very small numbers, particularly when the numbers have many zeroes. Scientific notation is a more compact and efficient way to express these numbers, making calculations and comparisons easier. Additionally, scientific notation is commonly used in scientific fields to express measurements and mathematical equations.
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Why would I prefer scientific notation instead of standard notation if I'm a biologist?
Scientific notation is especially useful if you use very large numbers, or very small numbers (numbers close to zero). I am not sure whether biologists commonly use such numbers, though.
How are number that expressed in scientific notation?
Scientific notation - is simply 'shortening' a number - and raising it to a power. For example - instead of writing 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 - the scientific notation equivalent would be 1019 - which saves a lot of space !
How do you make 300 cakes instead of one by using scientific notation with three significant figures?
You multiply each ingredient by 300. There is no need for scientific notation.
What is the scientific notation and why is it useful?
You use scientific notation when it comes to "too large" or "too small" numbers. The reasons why using scientific notation is useful are that it saves time to do the computation and also that it makes people's life easier to compute values instead of writing them out completely!
What is the diameter of a red blood cell in proper scientific notation?
It is approx 6*10^-6 metres although the SI system allows one to use an appropriate prefix instead, and say 6 micrometres.
