•Description: scientific notation must be written as the product of a number between 1
and 10 and the appropriate
power of 10
•just count how many times you have to
move the decimal
point to get a number between 1 and 10
•if the number is getting
smaller the exponent will
compensate by getting
bigger
and vice versa
smaller the exponent will
compensate by getting
bigger
and vice versa
