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Write the following numbers in scientific notation.

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I tried pattern matching, I suck at javascript, I couldn't get it to check it was in the right form, nor check each part of the answer separately using something like 'm_all((m_all(??))*10^m_all(??))' or '(m_all(??));dec*10^m_all(??);power'

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A number is in scientific notation if it is written as a decimal multiplied by some power of 10, where the decimal has exactly one digit in front of the decimal place. For example:

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\\[1.234\\times 10^6, \\quad \\text{and} \\quad 3.01\\times 10^{-3}\\] 

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are both in scientific notation.

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Suppose we have the number $53\\,600\\,000$. In scientific notation, this number would start with $5.36$ since we only want one digit in front of the decimal point. So the decimal point was to the right of the last digit here $53\\,600\\,000$ and needs to move to between the $5$ and the $3$ here $5.36$. Count the places that the decimal point must jump between and you get $7$ places. That is,

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\\[53\\,600\\,000=5.36\\times 10^7\\]

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We have a positive seven as the power because we need to make the number $5.36$ bigger to get to $53\\,600\\,000$

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{spacenumber(q1)} = [[0]]$\\times 10$ [[1]]

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A number is in scientific notation if it is written as a decimal multiplied by some power of 10, where the decimal has exactly one digit in front of the decimal place. For example:

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\\[1.234\\times 10^6, \\quad \\text{and} \\quad 3.01\\times 10^{-3}\\] 

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are both in scientific notation.

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Suppose we have the number $53\\,600\\,000$. In scientific notation, this number would start with $5.36$ since we only want one digit in front of the decimal point. So the decimal point was to the right of the last digit here $53\\,600\\,000$ and needs to move to between the $5$ and the $3$ here $5.36$. Count the places that the decimal point must jump between and you get $7$ places. That is,

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\\[53\\,600\\,000=5.36\\times 10^7\\]

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We have a positive seven as the power because we need to make the number $5.36$ bigger to get to $53\\,600\\,000$

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{spacenumber(q2)} = [[0]]$\\times 10$ [[1]] 

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