Q: How is the number 465,674,598 written in Scientific Notation?
A: 4.65674598 x 108
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 465,674,598 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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Decimal Count: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
There are 8 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 = 4.65674598
b = 8
Now the whole thing:
4.65674598 x 108
Check your work:
108 = 100,000,000 x 4.65674598 = 465,674,598
465,674,596 | 465,674,597 | 465,674,599 | 465,674,600 |
4.65674596 x 108 | 4.65674597 x 108 | 4.65674599 x 108 | 4.656746 x 108 |