How do you write 435.886 in scientific notation?

1 Answer

4.35886×102

Explanation:

This number is read as "four hundred" , then "and".

Scientific notation allows only one digit before the decimal place, and "hundred" is written mathematically as 10×10, or 102.

Without the other digits, the number four hundred would be written as 4.×102.

All the other digits in the number are written after the decimal point.

If you wrote 3,000,000 (three million) in scientific notation, write down the first digit and put in a decimal, 3.

A million is 10×10×10×10×10×10, or 106.

So you have =3.×106

All other digits in the number are written after the decimal point.

3,173,7653.173765×106