Question

Can someone tell me the scientific notation for this?

Answer 1

Count out the number of zeros. While there a lot of zeros, luckily they are grouped with the commas to make it simpler on the eyes.

There are 4 groups of three zeros per group giving 4*3 = 12 zeros plus the 0 just after the 6. So in total 12+1 = 13 zeros

If we placed the decimal point just after the 6 we'd have 6.0

To get 6.0 back to the original number 60,000,000,000,000 we need to move the decimal point 13 times to the right. We move it 1 time per zero.

So 13 is the exponent. The value 6.0 or simply 6 is the coefficient.

Overall, this means

`60,000,000,000,000 = 6 * 10^(13)`

the final answer is therefore

`6 * 10^(13)`
(six times ten to the thirteenth power)

Side Note: The number 60,000,000,000,000 written in English is "sixty trillion"