Unit 1 - Scientific Notation
Scientific notation is a way of writing numbers that are too big or too small to be
conveniently written in decimal form.
Check the following webpage:
There are interesting examples and it is very well explained.
Big distances:
Did you know that the closest star is Alfa Centauri.
It is approximately 40 113 000 000 000 km far away.
Can you express this distance using scientific notation?
Small distances:
Did you know that the spermatozoon is the smallest cell in
human body?
It is 0,000 055 m long.
Can you express this length using
scientific notation?
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