+267 As zegores said,writing number that is too small or too big to write, for example you want to write 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 but since that would take a long time and unnessecary writing you could put 5 * 10^27
Another example:
0.000 000 000 000 000 54 could be written as 5.4 * 10^-16
Usually used in problems dealing with space like the distance between two galaxies, or in very small distances or quantities.
+3502 Its a way of writing a number that is way to small or too big to write regularly
+267 As zegores said,writing number that is too small or too big to write, for example you want to write 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 but since that would take a long time and unnessecary writing you could put 5 * 10^27
Another example:
0.000 000 000 000 000 54 could be written as 5.4 * 10^-16
Usually used in problems dealing with space like the distance between two galaxies, or in very small distances or quantities.
