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"Proper" scientific notation

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One student I recently asked thought that his answer of =

2E3 was equal to 8 instead of 2000!

By insisting on having students convert to "standard" notation am I =

being prudent or old fashioned?<

Prudent! I just told mine again last week that I would mark "2E3" wrong.=