The scientific definition of work is very easily compared and equally easily measured from one situation to another.
On the other hand, we casually and imprecisely use the word 'work' in day-to-day...
Scientific notation expresses any number as a floating-point number (>= 1.0) and (< 10) multiplied by some power of 10. Numbers larger-than or equal-to 1 are expressed with positive exponents...