The document provides a comprehensive overview of scientific notation and dimensional analysis in physics. It covers key concepts, examples, and operations involving scientific notation, as well as the basics of dimensional analysis for physical equations.
• Scientific notation allows expressing very large or small numbers concisely
• Order of magnitude gives a quick sense of a number's scale
• Operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can be performed with numbers in scientific notation
• Dimensional analysis ensures consistency of units in physical equations