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scientists use scientific notation to reduce the number of zeros in very big and very small numbers.

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How do scientists use scientific notation?

Scientists use scientific notation to compute very large or very small numbers.


Why do scientists you scientific notation?

Because if they did not, then it would not have been called scientific notation!


Why is notation called scientific notation?

A notation is a system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or math. So scientific notation is the system used by scientists to simplify large numbers. And there isn't just scientific notation there's also stuff like electrical notation or musical notation. Hope this helps!


Who are some people that use scientific notation?

Almost all scientists and people working in a scientific discipline.


How do you demonstrate mathematical skills in the use of scientific notation and significant digits?

Scientists have developed a shorter method to express very large numbers. This method is called scientific notation. Scientific Notation is based on powers of the base number 10.The number 123,000,000,000 in scientific notation is written as :


What is a scientific notation-?

Scientific notation is a special way of writing larger numbers that can be easily handled by scientists.


Why is scientific notation useful to scientists?

Scientific notation helps scientists because if they use numbers with 50, 100, or even 500 digits, they don't have to write all the digits, which could take 5 minutes. Instead, they just write scientific notation, which saves a lot of time and space that could be needed later.


When do scientists use scientific notation?

When ever they use big numbers. Ex. 9450000000 = 9.45 × 10 to the 9th power


Who would use scientific notation in real life?

Scientists? It's handy for writing out any large numbers...


What fields use scientific notation?

Mostly the sciences use scientific notation


Do psychologist use scientific notation?

psychologist do not usually use scientific notation


Do physicists use scientific notation?

Yes, physicists use scientific notation


Is exponential notation the same as scientific notation?

No. 35 is exponential notation, (3 is the base of the exponent 5), but in scientific notation the base must be 10 and the exponent must be an integer. 100.1 is exponential notation but not sci. notation.


How do judges use scientific notation?

Judges usually don't use scientific notation.


What occupations use scientific notation?

All the natural sciences. Engineers have their own notation. Mathematicians like exact values, or decimals. Social scientists are afraid of math!


Why does the meteorologic department use scientific notation?

Same as any scientists would: to facilitate handling very large numbers.


How do scientists record the distances from one object in space to another?

They use scientific notation because of the vast distances in space.


What is nonscientific notation?

Scientific notation is the way that scientists easily handle very large numbers or very small numbers so i guess non scientific notation is the opposite.


What professions use scientific notation?

People in the sciences are the main professions that use scientific notation


How do scientists write very large numbers?

they express the numbers using scientific notation