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When an "e" appears at the end of a number on a calculator, it means error. The number either contains too many digits for the calculator screen to display or you have attempted a problem that has no answer, such as dividing by zero or finding the square root of a negative number.Source:
by BigDaddyD on March 29th, 2010
Surprisingly, none of these answers are right. It's SCIENTIFIC NOTATION. It means that the decimal point is moved however many decimal places the number after the 'e' states.
For example:
5.284613e4 = 52846.13
7.29847e-5 = 0.0000729847
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation
by xprofessor on March 22nd, 2011
...unless you mean something like "1.23E+12"
That's an expression of scientific notation, meaning
"1.23 times 10 raised to the 12th power"
by aiar on February 19th, 2010
Three and nine without would be thre and nin
by Legend In Your Own Mind on April 11th, 2010
Easy...Onesee's, twosee's, threesee's and so on..
by ilikeitwhenitrains on February 4th, 2010
enough already.
by IAmPriscilla on May 22nd, 2011
2.5e6 is the same as saying 2.5x10^6
e = x10^
by bazza on February 16th, 2010
I think it means it is an odd number.
by Siyanor on May 22nd, 2011
All of those answers are right except bazza's, plus one more:
Edition.
1e means First Edition.
But, notice it's asked by AB Staff, meaning they don't give you ANY CONTEXT WHATSOEVER for their question but invariably mean something extremely specific, thus the question can ONLY be answered correctly by other AB Staff.
by - MojoThunder - on February 16th, 2010
it means that it is an EXPONENTIAL ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_function
by Silverwind on April 12th, 2010
it means exponential, exactly as Mojo has said and it is used exactly as explained by BigDaddy. This is basic maths...
by purplecows on September 2nd, 2010
in French, 3e would be "troisieme" meaning "third"
(that may not be 100% correct, maybe it's 3eme)
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