Question

There were 6,500 people who tried to win tickets to a concert on a radio station game. How is 6,500 written in scientific notation ?

Answer 1

6.5 x 10 to the 3rd power

remember the base must be less than 10 and greather or equal to 1

Answer 2

6.5 times 10 to the 3rd, because doing this you move the decimal three places over, making 6.5 to 6,500.