Q: How is the number 37,361,715 written in Scientific Notation?
A: 3.7361715 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 37,361,715 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: | 3 | . | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 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 = 3.7361715
b = 7
Now the whole thing:
3.7361715 x 107
Check your work:
107 = 10,000,000 x 3.7361715 = 37,361,715
37,361,713 | 37,361,714 | 37,361,716 | 37,361,717 |
3.7361713 x 107 | 3.7361714 x 107 | 3.7361716 x 107 | 3.7361717 x 107 |