Question

In 2006, the United States has 2.33 x 10^6 cellular telephone subscriptions. How is that number of subscriptions written in standard form?

Answer 1

If there were 2.33 x 10^6 cell phone subscriptions in 2006, the number of subscriptions in standard form equals 2,330,000. To translate 2.33 x 10^6 into standard form simply requires moving the decimal six places to the right. Zeroes must be added for the places where numbers do not exist until the decimal point has been moved six places.