He tikanga hei whakapoto i te tuhinga o ngā tau tino nui me ngā hautanga ā-ira tino iti. Ka whakamahia ngā taupū o te tekau. Hei tauira:
6,300,000 = 6.3 X 106
0.00045 = 4.5 X 10−4
A way of recording very large numbers and very small decimal fractions in a short form. Powers of ten are used.
tā - print
ngahuru - ten
Kimihia te tawhiti o te Marama i a Papatūānuku, ka tuhi ai hei tānga ngahuru.
Hurihia ngā tau nei hei tānga ngahuru.
Mō te tānga ngahuru, ka whakareatia tētahi tau i waenganui i te 1 me te 10 ki tētahi taupū o te tekau.