(8.4 * 10^2) (2.5 * 10^6) associative property -> we can multiply these in whichever order we want 8.4 * 2.5 * 10^2 * 10^6 21 * 10^8 if your instructions said to put the answers in scientific notation, however, we are not done here 21 * 10^8 2.1 * 10 * 10^8 2.1 * 10^9