Large or small numbers can use notation {scientific notation}| with mantissa between 1 and 10 times number 10 to characteristic power. For example, 120,000,000 = 1.2 x 10^8.
Scientific notation uses mantissa between 1 and 10 times number 10 to power {characteristic, number}.
Scientific notation uses numbers between 1 and 10 {mantissa} times 10 to characteristic powers. Mantissa has number of significant digits.
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