Question

I was calculating a problem and my calculator displayed 4.464E-5. How do I calculate this?

Answer 1

4.464×10⁻⁵ = 0.00004464

Explanation:

Many calculators use the E notation to signify ×10^. They tend to do this automatically when the number is too large or small to display properly in the number of digits available. Your number is ...

4.464E-5 = 4.464×10^-5

which is a number in scientific notation. It means the most significant digit of your number falls in the hundred-thousandths place (5 places to the right of the decimal point).

Answer 2

Answer: 0.00004464

Explanation:

4.464E-5 on a calculator is 4.464 × 10⁻⁵.

To convert this into a number without an exponent, move the decimal 5 places to the left (the negative sign in the exponent directs you to the left).

= 0.00004464