Question

HELP!

Answer 1

The contents of a cell in a spreadsheet are shown below.
5.6761137E-6

What number do the contents of the cell represent?
5,676,113.7
567,611.37
0.0000056761
0.0000005676

Answer 2

Hi Kylie.

When the exponent is negative (as the -6 above). It means you are moving the decimal point to the left six places. So answer do you think is correct?

Answer 3

Im still not sure? @luffingsails

Answer 4

Okay, so, we are going to move the decimal place six places to the left. Let's look at a different number 3E-6.

We start with 3.0 and move the decimal place

0.30 is the first
0.030 is the second
0.0030 is the third
0.00030 is the fourth
0.000030 is the fifth
0.0000030 is the six.

And we're done. If you look, there are now 5 zeros between the decimal point and the original number. That's how your answer will look too.