When you multiply two numbers in scientific notation, you want to follow the same set of steps each time: 1) Multiply their decimal numbers, 2) Multiply their powers of 10. By the rules of exponents, we add the exponents when we do this, and 3) Express the results together in proper scientific notation.
Read MoreSometimes we’ll have problems where we’re asked to multiply and divide scientific notation at the same time. It doesn’t matter if we do the multiplication first and then the division, or the division first and then the multiplication. Either way, our process for multiplying scientific notation doesn’t change, and our process for dividing scientific notation doesn’t change.
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