How do you write 5,213 in scientific notation?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Your target is to have 1 digit (not 0) to the left of the decimal point and all the others to the right. In doing this on its own you are changing the value. So you have to mathematically correct this.
Given:
write as
to change this back to the original number write it as:
Write 1000 as
Explanation:
The form of a number in scientific notation is
# a xx 10^n # where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n , is an integer
require to write 5 213 as a number between 1 and 10 so 5.213
to get this number back to what it should be , requires multiplying it by 1000.
hence 5.213
# xx 1000 # now 1000 =
# 10 xx 10 xx 10 = 10^3 #
# rArr 5213 = 5.213 xx 10^3 #
