Scientific Notation - Basic Operations

Basic Operations

Given two numbers in scientific notation,

and

Multiplication and division are performed using the rules for operation with exponential functions:

and

Some examples are:

and

Addition and subtraction require the numbers to be represented using the same exponential part, so that the significand can be simply added or subtracted. :

Next, add or subtract the significands:

An example:

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