Another name for "Scientific Notation", where a number is written in two parts:
• First: just the digits (with the decimal point placed after the first digit),
• Followed by: ×10 to a power that puts the decimal point back where it should be.
Play with it here:
• First: just the digits (with the decimal point placed after the first digit),
• Followed by: ×10 to a power that puts the decimal point back where it should be.
Play with it here:
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