How do you express $234,000$ in scientific notation?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-06T00:12:04

$2.34 xx 10^5$

Scientific notation is where you write a number so that it is some number between 1 and 10 that is multiplied by 10 to a power.

Looking at $234000.0$ , I know that I need to move the decimal point over until I have a number between 1 and 10. Let's begin:

Move over once: $" "23400.00$

Move over twice: $" "2340.000$

Move over three times: $" "234.0000$

Move over four times: $" "23.40000$

Move over five times: $" "2.340000 ->$ this number is between 1 and 10!

So I know the number part is $2.34$ and since I had to move the decimal place over to the left 5 times the next number is $10^5$

So $2.34 xx 10^5$ .

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