3000 in scientific notation :-

3000/1000 = 3

so 3000 = 3 * 10^3 (because 1000 = 10^3)

I was wondering since the goal is to get the number between 1-10 (meaning we'd have to divide by 1000) could you use a number other than 1000 as long as the number was between 1 and 10 and a power of ten was used?

(It doesn't have to just be for the number 3000 I am just speaking in general)

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3000 in scientific notation  :-

3000/1000 = 3 

so 3000 = 3 * 10^3                  (because 1000 = 10^3)

I was wondering since the goal is to get the number between 1-10 (meaning we'd have to divide by 1000) could you use a number other than 1000 as long as the number was between 1 and 10 and a power of ten was used? 

(It doesn't have to just be for the number 3000 I am just speaking in general)

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

`you use a number other than 1000 `
if you did that, then the base of 10^3 wouldn't be 10. It would be some other number. The goal is to have the base be 10

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

3000 can only be uniquely written as 3 * 10^3

There is no other way to write it in the form a*10^b where 'a' and 'b' would be different numbers (and not be 3)

killershark737 · Answer

scientific notation can only have numbers greater then 1 or less then or equal to 10.