Question

Write this number in standard form four and thirty one hundreths

Answer 1

Answer: $(431)(10^{2})$

Step-by-step explanation:

1. The problem gives the following number in words:  Four and thirty one hundreths.

2. It is a decimal number. This means that it has a decimal point tha separates the whole part and the decimal part. ("And" is the decimal point). Therefore,  four and thirty one hundreths is:

$4.31$

4. The standard form of a number if the scientific notation of the number. Therefore, you can move the decimal point to places to the right ($10^{2}$:

$4.31=(431)(10^{2})$