the purpose of scientific notation is to demonstrate very large or very small numbers, this is what it looks like, 7800000000000 in scientific notation would be 7.8*[tex] 10^{2} [/tex] hope this helps
Scientific notation is used to represent very large and very small numbers. Scientific notation is the product of a coeffcient that is greater than or equal to one but less than 10, and a power of 10.
