Scientific notation is a method to write numbers with many digits in a more summarized way. A number written in scientific notation follows the following pattern: m x 10 ^ e The number e is the order of magnitude, the number m must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10. The following numbers are written in scientific notation: a. 0.15 x 104 b. 7.06 x 10-8 The following numbers are NOT written in scientific notation: c. 3.3 x 10 ^ 012 Because they do not follow the pattern mentioned.