joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 年前why don't people say mega metersmessage-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega metersjoel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square72fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 年前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-up2·2 年前Can we do 5E6 like on the calculators? Is that common enough?
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前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.