Scientific Notation
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standard form
A number written without exponents: an integer or a decimal.
expanded notation
A way of writing numbers in which the numbers are written to show the place value of each digit (639 = 600 + 30 + 9)
power
a number that can be expressed using an exponent
base number
a number that has an exponent
factor
a number that is multiplied by another number to find a product
exponent
a number that tells how many times the base is to be used as a factor
scientific notation
a way of writing very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10
powers of 10
a whole number that can be written as a product of 10 (10, 100, 1,000 etc)
coefficient
number in front of a variable
