Scientific Notation, Oh What a Delight!
If a number is big and goes on without end,
Like 5 with twelve zeros (go tell all your friends!),
Just scoot the first digit to just one in front—
That’s 5 times 10 with a big power punch!
Now if it’s quite small, like a speck in the air,
With zeros galore and a digit stuck there,
Just move the dot right ‘til that number is neat—
Then 10 gets a minus, which makes it complete!
So scoot the dot, count how far it did go,
Then 10 to that power will help your math flow.
It shrinks down the big and it boosts up the small—
Scientific notation will handle it all!
