Q: How is the number 46,233,469 written in Scientific Notation?
A: 4.6233469 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 46,233,469 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 | . | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
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 = 4.6233469
b = 7
Now the whole thing:
4.6233469 x 107
Check your work:
107 = 10,000,000 x 4.6233469 = 46,233,469
46,233,467 | 46,233,468 | 46,233,470 | 46,233,471 |
4.6233467 x 107 | 4.6233468 x 107 | 4.623347 x 107 | 4.6233471 x 107 |