Q: How is the number 20,484,685 written in Scientific Notation?
A: 2.0484685 x 107
The purpose of scientific notation is for scientists to write very large, or very small, numbers with ease.
Calculating scientific notation for a positive integer is simple, as it always follows this notation:
a x 10b
Follow the steps below to see how 20,484,685 is written in scientific notation.
To find a, take the number and move a decimal place to the right one position.
Now, to find b, count how many places to the right of the decimal.
New Number: | 2 | . | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Decimal Count: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
There are 7 places to the right of the decimal place.
Building upon what we know above, we can now reconstruct the number into scientific notation.
Remember, the notation is: a x 10b
a = 2.0484685
b = 7
Now the whole thing:
2.0484685 x 107
Check your work:
107 = 10,000,000 x 2.0484685 = 20,484,685
20,484,683 | 20,484,684 | 20,484,686 | 20,484,687 |
2.0484683 x 107 | 2.0484684 x 107 | 2.0484686 x 107 | 2.0484687 x 107 |