We should write all numbers bigger than 999 999 in powers-of-10 notation
We should write all numbers bigger than 999 999 in powers-of-10 notation
Most people can't handle dealing with million/billion/... numbers, which leads to mistakes like "Elon Musk has 600 billion dollars, he could give every person on Earth a million dollars and still be a billionaire".
Doing that with scientific notation would be clearer:600 billion dollars=6e11divided by 1 million dollars per person (1e6)
(6/1)e(11-6)=6e5=600 000 people Elon can give money to before running out (and that's if we assume he has that much in cash and not assets and stuff)