But that's the definition, and every calculator's "engineering" mode shows it exactly like that, too. And usually you learn in middle school how to interpret that.

Here’s a photo with the calculator I used in middle school, showing exactly the specified number:

https://i.k8r.eu/qOUpgg.png

Curious. I don’t have a traditional calculator to hand, but tools like Rust, Python and Wolfram|Alpha are all turning 10e50 into 1e51.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#Normalized... agrees with my memory that in normalised form the coefficient should be at least one and less than ten.

And the paragraph below the one you linked... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#Engineerin... is directly showing exactly the mode I'm using :)

Oh, I get it and see what’s happening. Kinda careless of me to miss it. Thanks for pointing it out.

I can see how it’s not obvious if you never learnt it, but especially in when working with the SI it’s incredibly useful and makes many hidden relationships quickly obvious.

MeE isn't M^E, it's defined as M * 10^E.

And that’s what I was talking about from the start—10e6 is 10×10⁶, which is in normalised form 1×10⁷ or 1e7.