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Example 2

Number Step 1 Number in scientific notation
620 6.2 × 100 6.2 × 10\(^2\)
21000 2.1 × 10 000 2.1 × 10\(^4\)
81 8.1 × 10 8.1 × 10\(^1\)
0.0067 6.7 × \(\dfrac{1}{1000}\) 6.7 × 10\(^{–3}\)
0.07 7 × \(\dfrac{1}{100}\) 7 × 10\(^{–2}\)
8.17 8.17 × 1 8.17 × 10\(^0\)

This table can be worked from left to right or vice-versa.