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To convert from Standard Form to Scientific Notation: You move the decimal place either left or right to make the only whole number in the "ones" column.
For example:
12340000000 in Scientific Notation is 1.234 x 10^9 (^ meaning to the power of).
or
0000001234 in Scientific Notation is 1.234 x 10^-6 (^ meaning to the power of).

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To convert from Standard Form to Scientific Notation: You move the decimal place either left or right to make the only whole number in the "ones" column.
For example:
12340000000 in Scientific Notation is 1.234 x 10^9 (^ meaning to the power of).
or
0000001234 in Scientific Notation is 1.234 x 10^-6 (^ meaning to the power of).

0000001234 is the same as 1234. 1234 = 1.234 * 10^3
0.000001234 = 1.234 * 10^(-6)