Question

Using all my points. please help: what day has the most page views?

Answer 1

In the given figure, the daily page views are written in scientific notation.

We are asked to find out which day has the most page views.

Let us convert the daily page views from scientific notation to standard form.

To convert these numbers into standard form, move the decimal point to the right by the number of times same as the exponent.

Please note that the 10's power is called the exponent.

`\text{Sunday}=7.24*10^5`

Since the exponent is positive 5, we will move the decimal point to the right 5 times.

`\text{Sunday}=7.24*10^5=724000`

Similarly, for Monday the exponent is positive 4 so we will move the decimal point to the right 4 times.

`\text{Monday}=2.89*10^4=28900`

Repeating the same procedure for the other days we get,

`\text{Tuesday}=4.01*10^4=40100`
`\text{Wednesday}=9.34*10^5=934000`
`\text{Thursday}=1.02*10^5=102000`
`\text{Friday}=5.73*10^4=57300`
`\text{Saturday}=8.24*10^5=824000`

As you can see, the greatest number is 934000.

Therefore, Wednesday has the most page views that is 934000.

A higher positive exponent value always corresponds to a greater number.

In the given list, 5 was the highest exponent value and also 9.34 was greatest among other values therefore, it was the greatest number.