The negative only comes when the numbers are in the decimal to right such as 0.1 when its on the left side it just mean positive power such as 6.0= a positive, negative power = 0.6 count how many numbers there are (6) then get the last number as the whole number and the rest are behind (-6.21) count all the numbers besides the last number (6) now that is your power so you get -6.21 x 10^5
