Question

A business sold for 32.6 million dollars. Write that number in scientific notation.

Answer 1

32.6 million = 32.6 x 1 000 000 = 32 600 000 = 3.26 x 10⁷

Answer 2

3.26 • 10^7 is the scientific notation

First, 32.6 million = 32,600,000

To convert to scientific notation, we must move the decimal point a certain amount of spaces until the number is valued between 1 and 10.

32,600,000.0 must move 7 spaces to the left to become 3.26, which is between 1 and 10.

You represent scientific notation by multiplying that changed number by 10^how many spaces the decimal moved. When moving to the left, the number is positive.

So, 32.6 million is 3.26 • 10^7