How do i find scientific notation?

Try looking through this.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/scientific-notation.html

Thanks for that website reference, Melody.....I can never quite summon the words to explain how to do this - even though it's easy !!! As they say....the pics on the website are worth 1000 words !!! (Well....I don't actually know if anyone used those exact words.....)