Question

What is the number 8,980,000 in scientific notation

Answer 1

8,980,000 = 8.98 x 10⁶

The exponent on 10 expressed the number of digits (or the number of decimals) after the point

Answer 2

move the decimal point to the left between the first 8 and 9 count the number of spaces it moved and use that as the exponent

8.98 x 10^6