Q: How is the number 96,482,685 written in Scientific Notation?
A: 9.6482685 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 96,482,685 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: | 9 | . | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 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 = 9.6482685
b = 7
Now the whole thing:
9.6482685 x 107
Check your work:
107 = 10,000,000 x 9.6482685 = 96,482,685
96,482,683 | 96,482,684 | 96,482,686 | 96,482,687 |
9.6482683 x 107 | 9.6482684 x 107 | 9.6482686 x 107 | 9.6482687 x 107 |