Question

Change 58,927 to scientific notstion

Answer 1

Step 1 To find a, take the number and move a decimal place to the right one position.  Original Number: 58,927 New Number: 5.8927 Step 2 Now, to find b, count how many places to the right of the decimal.  New Number: 5 . 8 9 2 7 Decimal Count:   1 2 3 4 There are 4 places to the right of the decimal place.  Step 3 Building upon what we know above, we can now reconstruct the number into scientific notation.  Remember, the notation is: a x 10b  a = 5.8927  b = 4  Now the whole thing:  5.8927 x 104  Step 4 Check your work:  104 = 10,000 x 5.8927 = 58,927

Answer 2

$5 .8927 \times {10}^{4}$