Question

In general, when a number written in scientific notation includes a positive exponent, the magnitude of the number is __________.

A. negative
B. positive
C. less than one
D. greater than one

Answer 1

d. Greater than one

Explanation:

Scientific Notation is a way to represent very large or very less real number into easier way so that we may able to use them into our calculations.

It consist of two part a part containing the real number in decimals and the other part which is multiplied to the first part is in the form of 10 raise to some power. this exponent can be either positive or negative If it is positive the complete number is greater than one and if the exponent is negative the number is less than one.

Ex:

`12123456789 = 1.2 x 10^(10)`

`0.000000000345 = 3.45 x 10^(10)`

Answer 2

Scientific notation is also called power-of-10 notation, is a method of writing extremely large and small numbers.

when a number written in scientific notation includes a positive exponent, the magnitude of the number is greater than one