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Scientific Notation Reference

Common values and constants in scientific notation

Powers of 10

Name Scientific Standard
Trillion1 × 10¹²1,000,000,000,000
Billion1 × 10⁹1,000,000,000
Million1 × 10⁶1,000,000
Thousand1 × 10³1,000
Hundred1 × 10²100
Ten1 × 10¹10
One1 × 10⁰1
Tenth1 × 10⁻¹0.1
Hundredth1 × 10⁻²0.01
Thousandth1 × 10⁻³0.001
Millionth1 × 10⁻⁶0.000001
Billionth1 × 10⁻⁹0.000000001
Scientific Constants
Constant Value Unit
Speed of Light (c)2.998 × 10⁸m/s
Avogadro's Number (Nₐ)6.022 × 10²³mol⁻¹
Planck's Constant (h)6.626 × 10⁻³⁴J·s
Gravitational Constant (G)6.674 × 10⁻¹¹m³/(kg·s²)
Electron Mass (mₑ)9.109 × 10⁻³¹kg
Proton Mass (mₚ)1.673 × 10⁻²⁷kg
Elementary Charge (e)1.602 × 10⁻¹⁹C
Boltzmann Constant (k)1.381 × 10⁻²³J/K
Astronomical Distances
Distance Value Unit
Earth to Moon3.844 × 10⁸m
Earth to Sun (1 AU)1.496 × 10¹¹m
Light Year9.461 × 10¹⁵m
Nearest Star (Proxima)4.014 × 10¹⁶m
Milky Way Diameter9.5 × 10²⁰m
Observable Universe8.8 × 10²⁶m
SI Prefixes
Prefix Power Symbol
Tera10¹²T
Giga10⁹G
Mega10⁶M
Kilo10³k
Milli10⁻³m
Micro10⁻⁶μ
Nano10⁻⁹n
Pico10⁻¹²p

Understanding Scientific Notation

What Is Scientific Notation?

Scientific notation expresses numbers as a coefficient times a power of 10.

  • Format: a × 10ⁿ
  • Coefficient (a): 1 ≤ |a| < 10
  • Exponent (n): any integer
  • Example: 6,500,000 = 6.5 × 10⁶
Why Use It?

Scientific notation makes working with extreme numbers easier.

  • Compact representation
  • Easy comparison of magnitudes
  • Simpler calculations
  • Standard in science & engineering
  • Reduces errors with zeros
Reading the Exponent

The exponent tells you how many places to move the decimal.

  • Positive exponent: move right
  • Negative exponent: move left
  • 10³ = 1,000 (3 zeros)
  • 10⁻³ = 0.001 (3 places left)