Question

8.Write in standard notation 5.894 x 10^6

Answer 1

You're being told to make 5.894 bigger (because the exponent is a positive 6) and to do so by moving the decimal 6 places to the right.  

You're essentaily muliplying 5.894 by 10 a told of six times and time you multiply a number by 10, you move the decimal one place to the right.