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E-in-Excel<\/a>Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While working with Excel, you may have noticed that sometimes the letter E<\/strong> appears in the calculation. In some cases, after the letter E<\/strong> there was a positive number, and sometimes a negative one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is called scientific notation<\/strong>. Excel uses this notation to display a result in a shorter form, otherwise, it would have to display only part of a number as it does with text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does scientific notation do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When Excel displays a number in scientific (exponential) notation, it means that it takes part of a number before E and multiplies it by 10 to the power of a number after E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a simple example to illustrate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

123,456,789 = 1.23 * 10^8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number will stay the same, but it will show it in a shortened, less precise form. So when you write the formula = 1.23 * 10^8<\/strong> it will display it as 123,000,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you can also find less precise notations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=1.2 * 10^8 (120,000,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=1*10^8 (100,000,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all depends on the amount of space you have inside your cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a look at a practical example in Excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Example explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In column A<\/strong> you have numbers that are multiplied by numbers in column B<\/strong>. In columns: C<\/strong>, D,<\/strong> and E<\/strong> you have the same result. The only difference is the different amount of space in cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column C<\/strong> – all results fit inside this column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column D<\/strong> – the 2 first results (D2<\/strong> and D3<\/strong>) fit inside cells. The other 3 use scientific notation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column E<\/strong> – Only the first result fits inside a cell, the other results use the scientific notation. What\u2019s also interesting, to save space Excel uses even less precise notation – 1.6 is rounded to 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also use scientific notation for fractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This time instead of plus (+) after E, you have the minus sign (-).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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