Question

What is the correct scientific notation for 640,000,000? Question 5 options: 6.4X10^8 6.4X10^10 64X10^10 640X10^8

Answer 1

For very large numbers, it is much more convenient to use scientific notation. To do this, detect first the position of the decimal point. For whole numbers, the decimal point is place implicitly after the very last digit. Then, move this decimal point to the left until you reach to the last digit. In this case, you moved 8 places until you reach 6.4. Because the number is more than 1, the exponent would have a positive sign. Hence, the scientific notation would be 6.4×10⁸.