Scientific Notation Calculator
Convert numbers to scientific notation and standard form with coefficient and power-of-ten steps.
Convert to scientific notation
Answer
1.25 * 10^5
- Move the decimal point 5 places.
How to use the scientific notation calculator
Scientific notation writes very large or very small numbers as a coefficient times a power of ten.
- Enter a standard number.
- Move the decimal point until one nonzero digit remains before it.
- Count the number of places moved to get the exponent.
Formula or method
Scientific notation has the form a * 10^n, where 1 <= |a| < 10.
Worked examples
Large number
Problem: 125000
Solution: 125000 = 1.25 * 10^5.
Small number
Problem: 0.0042
Solution: 0.0042 = 4.2 * 10^-3.