| ALPHA : Numbers : Formating 02 : Formating Numbers : Standard Form : ALPHA Maths Homework Exercise
Description : Formating numbers : standard form.
Discussion : Numbers formatted into standard form use the exponential notation "e". The portion of the number before the "e" represents the base number. The portion of the number after the "e" represents the exponent or power. The base number is multiplied by ten to the power of the exponent. Negative exponents represent numbers with absolute value smaller than one.
For example the number 102.5 in standard form is represented as
1.025e2
The number 0.00215 in standard form is represented as
2.15e-3
The homework exercise has 2 questions.
Standard Form
Normal Form
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