How do you convert 447.9 into scientific notation?
Scientific notation is simply taking out powers of 10 out of a number, to deal with large numbers. 447.9 can be converted to 4.479*100=4.479*10^2
What is 700000 in scientific notation?
7 times 105 = 700000
700000 in scientific notation is 7 times 10 to the power of 5.
What it means for a number to be in scientific notation?
It usually is for larger numbers like 314,000,000.
The goal is to make it a number with the first digit being in the ones place. The other numbers are in the decimal places.
Given 314,000,000:
3.14 x 10(2+6) = 3.14 x 108
How did I get 8?
8=2+6
6: the number of zeros behind the 314 part
2:number of times you need to divide 314 by 10 to get the first digit into the ones place.
What is the scientific notation for 0.00027?
0.00027 = 2.7 x 10-4
Power of 10 is -4 as decimal point has to move 4 places to the left to get back where it was.
Write in scientific notation 4.7?
The solution is 4.7 x 100 since you are not moving the decimal point at all. If that is so, then the exponent for base 10 is 0.