The document discusses scientific notation and its use in representing very large and very small numbers. Scientific notation expresses numbers as a decimal between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. For example, 1 million can be written as 1 x 106 and 0.0000001 can be written as 1 x 10-7. The document provides examples of using scientific notation and discusses how it is used on scientific calculators.