Answer:
3.5×10^4=35000
Step-by-step explanation:
Consider the value
3.5
we are saying that we are counting in units (1's) in that we have
3
1
2
of 1's
'.....................................................................................
Consider the value
3.5
×
10
. Now we are saying we have
3
1
2
of tens. That is; 3 lots of 10 is 30 and
1
2
of 10 is 5 so we have
30
+
5
=
35
'.................................................................................
Note that
10
2
is 100
Consider the value
3.5
×
10
2
. Now we are saying we have
3
1
2
of
100
'
s
So if we are counting in 100's then the decimal point stays where
it is and we move the number of 3.5 to the left until the
3 becomes hundreds.
Note that we have to insert a place holder of 0 just to the left of the decimal point to make sure the three is viewed as in the hundreds.
3.5
×
10
2
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−→
slide to the left 2 places
350.0
