Question

How do you write `0.000003010` in scientific notation?

Answer 1

`3.010 xx 10^-6`

Explanation:

First we identify how many decimal places after the decimal the first significant digit (`3`) is.

In this case, it is `6` places to the right of the decimal.

Since the number we want to express in scientific notation is less than `1`, we multiply by a power of ten that is negative. So we will have `10^-6`.

Hence, we get:

`3.010 xx 10^-6`