Question

Write six thousandths in standard form

Answer 1

6/1000 = .006 divide 6 by 1000

Answer 2

`6* 10^(-3)`

Explanation:

We are asked to write six thousandths in standard form.

First of all, we will write our given number as a decimal. Our given number is six thousands, so we will divide 6 by 1000 as:

`(6)/(1000)=0.006`

To write 0.006 as standard form, we need two factors whose product is 0.006. First factor would be any number between 1 to 10 and the second number would be power of 10.

Since we have 3 decimals before 6, so our first factor would be 6 and second factor would be
`10^(-3)`.

Therefore, our required number would be
`6* 10^(-3)`.