joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 个月前why don't people say mega metersmessage-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1166arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega metersjoel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 个月前message-square75fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-26 个月前Scientific notation for everything: 5 x 10^6 m. Seriously though, I think it would be easier to think about it in megameters or gigameters if it were more standard to do so.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 个月前Can we do 5E6 like on the calculators? Is that common enough?
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 个月前yeah but sadly not enough people know how to read that. sadface.
Scientific notation for everything: 5 x 10^6 m. Seriously though, I think it would be easier to think about it in megameters or gigameters if it were more standard to do so.
Can we do 5E6 like on the calculators? Is that common enough?
yeah but sadly not enough people know how to read that. sadface.