Question

What is 4, 700, 000 in scientific notation?

A. 4.7 x 105
B. 4.7 x 106
C. 4.7 x 107
D. 4.7 x 108

Answer 1

It would be 4.7 x 10^6
You would move the decimal place 6 numbers to the left.

Answer 2

4,700,000 can be written as 4.7 × 10⁶ in scientific notation

Scientific notation:

• Scientific notation, also called power of 10 notation.
• It is a method of writing extremely large and small numbers.

For Example:

• 10 = 1 × 10¹
• 100 = 1 × 10² = 10²
• 1200 = 1.2 × 10³

Here,

1200 can also be written as

12 × 100

we know that, 100 = 10²

so,

12 × 10²

Remember

• Decrease the base increase the power and vice-a-versa

1.2 × 10³