Question

Each year, the United States' federal costs exceed the anticipated national budget. In fact the last time that the United States government was able to end a fiscal year without accruing more debt was in 1960. This means that due to excessive spending and compounding interest accrued, the United States' national debt has escalated astronomically over the past several decades. The table shown below lists the recorded U.S. national debt amounts, written in standard form, for each decade, from 1960 to the year 2010.

Year U.S. national debt (in U.S. dollars)
1960 $286,330,760,848.37
1970 $370,918,706,949.93
1980 $907,701,000,000.00
1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86
2010 $13,561,623,030,891.79
For each decade, convert the U.S. national debt amount to a number in scientific notation, rounded to the nearest hundred millions dollars. Enter in numerical answers only.

Year U.S. national debt (in U.S. dollars)
written in standard form U.S. national debt (in U.S. dollars)
written in scientific notation
1960 $286,330,760,848.37 $2.863 ∙ 10
1970 $370,918,706,949.93 $3.709 ∙ 10
1980 $907,701,000,000.00 $9.077 ∙ 10
1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25 $3.2333 ∙ 10
2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86 $5.6742 ∙ 10
2010 $13,561,623,030,891.79 $1.35616 ∙ 10