10x icon An Exponential Notation Meta Page
(and scientific notation too)

Here are collected pointers to resources on exponential notation,
and the related scientific notation, orders of magnitude, powers of ten, engineering notation, and significant figures.
Suggestions to mcharity@lcs.mit.edu.


Links
(more interesting ones are towards the top, sort of)


IEER Technical Classroom: Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
ChemTeam including Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation [this java may crash browsers] from Java Labs ASPIRE, lesson plans
Uncertainty in Measurement
Scientific Notation
Grade 7: Scientific Notation and Grade 9 practice
Scientifi to Decimal Conversions practice [javascript version]
Scientifi to Decimal Conversions practice [java version]
Scientific Notation and Significant Figures (also Scientific Notation[broken?] 2 and Significant Figures[broken?] ) practice
Practice With Scientific Notation[link broken] practice
Scientific Notation practice
Scientific Notation practice
Decimal to Scientific Conversion[broken?] and back[broken?] practice
Scientific Notation Page 1[broken?] , 2[broken?] , 3[links broken] uses java
Activity 3: Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation & The Metric System[broken?]
The Basics of Chemistry - Quiz Bank , Exponential Notation , Number of Significant Figures
Scientific Notation
Eliminating Zeros as Placeholders , Adjusting the Decimal Place , Exponents , Large Numbers , Scientific Notation from Clackamas ToC Lesson 2
Chapter 1 lecture page 2 , page 3 , examples
Powers of 10 , Scientific Notation , Powers 1 from Math Reminder
Scientific Notation[link broken]
Scientific Notation , Significant Digits
Real Number - Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation - Mathematics
Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: FAQ , an email , another one , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ; More
Significant Digits and Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
Chemistry 103 Writing Numbers in Exponential Notation , Calculations with Exponents
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation[link broken]
APPENDIX A: SCIENTIFIC NOTATION[link broken]
Engineering Precision and Notation[broken?]
Scientific Notation
Math Skills - Scientific Notation
CHEMTUTOR NUMBERS
Scientific notation and significant figures from CHM080 - Measurement Introduction[broken?]
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation[link broken]
Engineering Notation[link broken]
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5/e[link broken]
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation Solver
Question Corner -- Scientific Notation in Everyday Life
2.2 Scientific (Exponential) Notation Writing and manipulating numbers in scientific notation[link broken] and its body[link broken]
ASTR 103: Earth/Sky - Scale of the Universe
scientific notation[link broken]
QuickMath Automatic Math Solutions
http://www.uwp.edu/academic/geology/shea/geol110/scinot.htm
Exponential Notation
Math Skills - Scientific Notation[link broken]
Scientific notation , Significant Figures
Quick Review of Scientific Notation[link broken]
chap1[link broken]
Significan Figures, Scientific Notation
Units, Physical Constants
Engineering Notation
Scientific Notation Lecture , Engineering Notation , Scientific Notation
Chemical Sciences: Basic Mathematical Tools[link broken]
http://www.educationplus.com/LearningTools/UnitsConverter/scinot.html
Lesson 1-6 Scientific Notation[link broken]
metric
Accuracy of Calculations
Rules for Scientific Notation
Significan Figures, Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
scientific notation
Math Skills - Scientific Notation[link broken]
NATS 102: Scientific Notation
Lesson 3-2 Scientific Notation
Exponential Identities
Scientific Notation[link broken]
Scientific Notation in Chemistry Class[link broken]
Hydrology 121 Significant Figures, Scientific Notation, and Unit Analysis[link broken]
4. Powers and Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation[link broken]
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation and Units
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation[link broken]
CEN 511: Scientific Notation
Basic Math Concepts
CEN 511: Scientific Notation
Lesson 3-2 Scientific Notation[link broken]
Lesson 3-3 Calculating with Scientific Notation[link broken]
Lesson 3-3 Calculating with Scientific Notation
wNetSchool - How Big? How Small?
91.06.03: Scaling the Natural World Using Dimensional Analysis
Scientific Notation[broken?] , Multiplication[broken?] , Division [links broken]
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
APPENDIX B
Scientific Notation[link broken]
Scientific Notation Help Sheet , scientific notation
engineering notation[link broken]
Basic Mathematics[link broken]
MATH FOR CHEMISTRY IA
Notation Styles
Exponents FrameSet (Module 1)[broken?] , Exponential Notation[broken?]
ASTR 103: Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation[link broken]
Lesson 8.1 : Multiplying with Exponents and Dividing
Worksheet 2 - Scientific notation/ significant figures
scientific notation definition and another


Notes

Comments encouraged.
mcharity@lcs.mit.edu

Notes:
  For the 2001-Feb-11 overhaul, I waded through something like 400 pages.
    This is an order of magnitude more than two years ago.
    What pointless duplication of effort, especially given their assorted defects.
    All hail significant figures, minimally useful way to characterize error.
    Ooo, and all this is just for "scientists" with "very large and very small numbers".
    And lets see how many different definitions of "order of magnitude" we can find.
    What a zoo.
  Search terms (pre-2001)
    exponential.notation*
    scientific.notation 
    significant.figures 
    significant.digits
    order*.of.magnitude
    power*.of.ten

Doables:
  Move the pages which really have a clue to the very top.
  Make pretty again.  Smiley faces. :)  Layout.
  Annotations.
  At this point, a grand synthesis set of pages might be the right thing.  Volunteers?
  Look over these links as a set, to check for filtering process pathologies.

History:
  2003-Aug-10  Flagged 14 broken links.  Unflagged 3.  Fixed 15.
  2003-Feb-04  Flagged 26 broken links.
  2001-Dec-06  Fixed 10 links.  Condensed away 2.  Added 1.
  2001-Feb-11  Completely replaced links.
  1999.Jul.26  Checked and fixed links.
  1999.Jan.26  Checked links.  Some broken, some moved.  Removed and fixed.
  1998.Aug.03  Added two links.
  1998.Jun.08  Checked links.  Added a couple.
  1998.Apr.03  Added height/width info to "star" img's for faster page loading.
  1998.Mar.16  Some additions.
  1997.Dec.05  Some additions.
  1997.Sep.27  Added Intenet Academy's pages.
  1997.Jul.12  Cosmetic changes.  AltaVista'ed.
  1997.Jul.11  Created.