Scientific Notation Converter

Scientific Notation expresses numbers as a coefficient between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10.

a × 10^n where 1 ≤ |a| < 10

Examples:

• 5,300,000 = 5.3 × 10^6
• 0.00042 = 4.2 × 10^-4
• 1,000 = 1.0 × 10^3

To convert to scientific notation:

1. Move the decimal point until you have a number between 1 and 10
2. Count how many places you moved it — that’s the exponent
3. Moving left = positive exponent; moving right = negative exponent

To convert from scientific notation:

• Positive exponent: move decimal right
• Negative exponent: move decimal left