Monday, September 29, 2008

scientific notation

EXPONENTS AND SCIENTIFIC NOTATION!!!!!To do this fun and exciting math activity, you need to multiply a number by its self as many times as the exponents says.EX. 2 to the 3 rd power (2 cubed) means 2 multiplied by 2 multiplied by 2 = 8. The base is the main number you start with ,and the exponent is the smaller number by the stage right corner.DO NOT do 2 mutliplied by 3 and get 6.6 is Wrong. Go to this site to learn even more and get into the scientific notation!!! \http://www.purplemath.com/modules/exponent3.htm

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