Question

What is 12 thousandths in scientific notation?

Answer 1

Hello!

The fraction whose denominator is the number 1000 is called the thousandth, then we have:

12 thousandths

`= (12)/(1000)`

`= 0,012`

`= \boxed{\boxed{1,2*10^(-2)}}\Longleftarrow(scientific\:\:notation)\end{array}}\qquad\checkmark`

Note: The comma was positively moved to 2 decimal places to the left, forming a conventional number.

ps: The order of magnitude of a measurement is an estimate of the base power 10 closest to a given measurement. It must be known that the scientific notation according to the scientific notation rule, before the comma can only have the numbers 1 to 9.

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