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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by esmi on Saturday November 30, 2019 @11:49AM (#21670772)
In the US we call this engineering form.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E-notati...

I misread the question though and now realize it’s not needed.

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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by monktastic1 on Saturday November 30, 2019 @12:00PM (#21670872)
I'm also from the US but I've never heard the term "engineering form." FWIW, Wikipedia thinks it's something a little different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_notation.
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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by Armisael16 on Saturday November 30, 2019 @01:36PM (#21671439)
I've never heard that (or anything else) called 'engineering form'.
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