Scientific ntation is (number that is more than or equal to 1 and less than 10) times 10^n n is the number of spaces the decimal point moved to the left to get to the number less than 10
a. 58000000 5.8 moved 7 places to left 5.8 times 10⁷
b. 0.0025 2.5 moved 3 places to the right or -3 spaces to the left 2.5 times 10⁻³