Q: How is the number 43,635,774 written in Scientific Notation?
A: 4.3635774 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 43,635,774 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: | 4 | . | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
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 = 4.3635774
b = 7
Now the whole thing:
4.3635774 x 107
Check your work:
107 = 10,000,000 x 4.3635774 = 43,635,774
43,635,772 | 43,635,773 | 43,635,775 | 43,635,776 |
4.3635772 x 107 | 4.3635773 x 107 | 4.3635775 x 107 | 4.3635776 x 107 |