Gaining a Grasp of the Scale of the Universe:    Scientific Notation

A shorthand way of writing large and small numbers

1 = 1x10⁰ (not so short!)

10 = 1x10¹ (1 followed by 1 zero)

100 = 1x10² (1 followed by 2 zeros)

1000 = 1x10³ etc….

What about "complicated" numbers, say 1367 for example?

1367 = 1.367x10³ (move the decimal 3 places to the right)

0.1 = 1x10^-1 (move the decimal 1 place to the left)

0.01 = 1x10^-2,etc. (move the decimal 2 places to the left)