Scientific notation, also called pattern or exponentially notation, is a way of writing numbers that accommodate values too large or too small to be written in a conventional manner. The use of this notation is based on powers and the exponent module is the number of zeros that the number carries in front, in case of being negative (note that the zero in front of the comma also counts), or behind, if it is treated of a positive exponent.
In this case the number should have a negative exponent as long as it is a decimal number, and by counting the number of zeros that are 5, the number could be expressed as
[tex]0.000010 m = 1 \times 10^{-5}m[/tex]
