In general: $Significand \times base^{exponent}$ ^notation E.g. a number `123.45`, could be written with significand `12345` as: > $123.45 = 12345 × 10^{−2}$ ^example ## Significand Definition: [^1] > Left part of a number in scientific notation [^1]: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significand)