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Scientific Notation Name Chem Worksheet 1-5 Period - Riverside Chemistry

When writing very large or very small numbers it is convenient to represent these numbers using scientific notation (also called exponential notation). Numbers written this way contain two parts: a number between 1 and 10; and the number ten raised to a power, or exponent. For example, 5.8 × 106 is written in scientific notation.