Standard Form

Standard Form is a way of writing numbers that are too big or too small in a more concise format using powers of ten.

3.312*10^3

1.345*10^-2

4.345*10^3

9.836*10^-3

8.9467*10^4

Move the decimal point to the left until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal, then count the number of places moved to determine the exponent.

Move the decimal point to the right until only one non-zero digit remains to the left of the decimal, then count the number of places moved to determine the negative exponent.

The exponent indicates how many places the decimal point has been moved and whether the number is large (positive exponent) or small (negative exponent).

5.67*10^2 is an example, which represents 567.