# Evaluate number without scientific notation?
**URL:** https://cl.desmos.com/t/evaluate-number-without-scientific-notation/2809
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/evaluate-number-without-scientific-notation/2809 "2021-03-02T15:47:14Z")
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### Author:  [@ASmith](https://cl.desmos.com/u/ASmith)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/evaluate-number-without-scientific-notation/2809/1 "2021-03-02T15:47:14Z")
We are looking at a table where students enter a numerical expression that is then evaluated. But it is returning the answer in scientific notation. How do we turn off scientific notation so that students can view the number in standard notation?
When students enter 60000\*0.84 on slide 9, it is returning 5.04x10^4.
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### Author:  [@cwinske](https://cl.desmos.com/u/cwinske)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/evaluate-number-without-scientific-notation/2809/2 "2021-03-02T22:08:10Z")
I think this question has popped up before. The table evaluation is limited in space, so it turns to scientific notation pretty quickly and I don’t think there’s a way to turn it off. You will need to find some workarounds, possibly adding another column that shows the values.