Improving Your Scientific Notation Skills
How do you correctly express a measurement of 0.000 0043 m in scientific notation?
Understanding Scientific Notation
Converting Measurements to Scientific Notation
When converting a measurement, such as 0.000 0043 m, to scientific notation, the key is to move the decimal point so that only one non-zero digit is to the left of the decimal. In this case, the correct way to express 0.000 0043 m in scientific notation is as 4.3 x 10⁻⁶.Proper Formatting
It is important to format the scientific notation properly by ensuring that the base number (or mantissa) is between 1 and 10. In this example, the base number is 4.3, meeting the requirement for proper scientific notation. The exponent of -6 indicates the decimal displacement.The measurement 0.000 0043 m in scientific notation is 4.3 x 10⁻⁶.