Q: How is the number 767,576,521 written in Scientific Notation?
A: 7.67576521 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 767,576,521 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: | 7 | . | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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 = 7.67576521
b = 8
Now the whole thing:
7.67576521 x 108
Check your work:
108 = 100,000,000 x 7.67576521 = 767,576,521
767,576,519 | 767,576,520 | 767,576,522 | 767,576,523 |
7.67576519 x 108 | 7.6757652 x 108 | 7.67576522 x 108 | 7.67576523 x 108 |