Are numbers expressed in scientific notation using exponents true or false?
Indeed they are exponential. So, true.
250,000
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count groups of three and subtract on, as the count ends just before the whole number, 2 in this case, or count decimal places from the left and end just befor that whole number on the right
= 2.5 X 105
===========that count you make is the value of the exponent
How do you write 0.000408 in scientific notation?
0.000408 can be written in scientific notation as 4.08 x 10^-4.
There should be exactly one digit.
Is 1410 to the 8 power in scientific notation?
No, 14*10^8 is not is scientific notation. The mantissa (14) must be a number in the interval [1, 10).