1. Number Systems

Significant figures, powers of 10, calculator entry, scientific notation, engineering notation, and metric prefixes.

Work in progress. This is a concise record of the number-systems material taught in class.

Grob’s Basic Electronics is the technical reference for the powers-of-10 material. [1, pp. 2–17]

Students can improve these notes with useful examples, worked problems, diagrams, corrections, or clearer explanations.

1. 1.1 Significant Figures
2. 1.2 Powers of 10
3. 1.3 Scientific Calculator
4. 1.4 Scientific Notation
5. 1.5 Engineering Notation
6. 1.6 Metric Prefixes

Class material

• Number Systems practice problems: significant figures, powers of 10, notation, and metric prefixes