How to convert numbers to scientific notation

To convert to scientific notation, start by moving the decimal place in the number until you have a coefficient between 1 and 10; here it is 3.45. The number of places to the left that you had to move the decimal point is the exponent. Here, we had to move the decimal 4 places to the right, so the exponent is -4.

2340000 = 2.34 x 10^6

0.000034= 3.4 x 10^-5