Question

Explain how to write 50,000 using exponents

Answer 1

The answer in scientific notation is 5 times 10^4

The exponent of four tells you to multiply 10 by itself 4 times.

10 x 10 = 100 x 10 = 1000 x 10 = 10000

And 10000 times 5 is equal to 50,000.

Answer 2

Answer: 5 * 10^4

Step-by-step explanation:

Place the decimal point between the first two digits to get 5.0

Then we must move the decimal point 4 spots to the right to get back to 50,000

So that's where the "4" comes in with the 10^4

This means 50,000 = 5 * 10^4 which is in scientific notation.