1. Move the decimal point to the right until you have a number between 1 and 10. In this case, we need to move the decimal point nine places to the right: 3.018
2. Count the number of places you moved the decimal. We moved it nine places to the right.
3. Write the number as a product of the new number and 10 raised to the power of the number of places moved. Since we moved the decimal to the right, the exponent is negative.
Therefore, 0.000000003018 in scientific notation is 3.018 x 10⁻⁹.
