Question

How do i change 123,000,000 into a scientific notation?

Answer 1

moving decimals id assume

Answer 2

Take the first three digits.
123000000 can be written as 1.23*10^8

Answer 3

Remember, there can be only one digit to left or decimal.

Answer 4

See, 123,000,000 is like 123 million, that is 123 * 1,000,000.
Now, we'll shift decimals.


\(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow 12.3 * 10,000,000 }\)
\(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow 1.23 * 100,000,000 }\)

When you've reached the maximum you an shift, then you have the scientific notation

Answer 5

keep dividing by 10 till its small enough to play with :)

Answer 6

*play* lol