Review of Scientific Notation and Significant Figures
Preparation for Physics
II-1
Review of Scientific Notation and Significant Figures
Scientific Notation
Frequently numbers that occur in physics and other sciences are either very large or very small. For example, the speed of light in a vacuum is about 300,000,000 m/s while red light has a wavelength of approximately 0.000000650 m. Writing these numbers is simplified by using scientific notation. Scientific notation also allows numbers to be expressed in a form that clarifies the number of significant figures.
General form for scientific notation:
A x 10n,
where A is a number with a magnitude between 1 and 10 (1|A| ................
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