Question

What is 0.00000394 estimated as the product of a single digit and a power of 10? how would i do this

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

are you able to convert 0.00000394 to scientific notation?

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

what is the first nonzero digit you see as you scan from left to right

Answer 5

3

Answer 6

place the decimal point right after that to get 3.94

Answer 7

how many places must you go to the left to go from 3.94 back to 0.00000394 ?

Answer 8

6?

Answer 9

so

Answer 10

notice how this -6 in the exponent



tells the decimal place to go left 6 places

Answer 11

the last thing to do is to round 3.94 to the nearest whole number

Answer 12

4.00?

Answer 13

or just 4, good

Answer 14

ooh