The scientific notation for the number 3,134,000,000 is written as 3.134 x 109. This means that the decimal point in 3.134 is moved nine places to the right to convert it back to the original number. The coefficient, in this case, is 3.134, which must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10, and the exponent, 9, indicates how many places the decimal point moves.