Discussion 1.

1 Units and
Measurements
1. Name at least 1 similarity and difference between Scientific
notation and Engineering notation.

- Very large and very small numbers written in standard form take
up a large amount of space. They are hard to read and
understand and are difficult to use in mathematics. One way to
write a very large or very small number is to use a different form
of notation. Converting to a workable number is done using
scientific or engineering notation. There are infinite numbers that can be
written in a standard form that takes up a large space and it is too difficult to read
and understand in the use of mathematics. By the use of notation such as
scientific and engineering notation, it will make ease of writing and understanding
such a very large or very small numbers.
- Scientific and engineering notation both rewrite values into a
form more readable and manageable. There are, however, a few
differences to distinguish between scientific and engineering
notation. As noted previously, the range of values is different, as
well as the allowable powers of 10 used to denote the values.
The main reason for this difference is that engineering notation
follows the metric system prefixes. Prefixes, like tera-, giga-,
mega- and kilo-, differ in size from the next highest or lowest
prefix by 10^3. In the same way, numbers in engineering notation
differ from each other by 10^3. They differ in the range of values and as
well as the allowable powers of 10 used to denote the values. In engineering
notation in which the exponent of 10 must be divisible by three and it follows the
metric system prefixes.

2. In Engineering notation, what is multiples of three?

- 1 micro, 1 mili, 1 kilo, 1 Mega, 1 Giga and 1 Tera.