Question

Write 8,840 in scientific notation. 88.4 x 103 8.84 x 10−3 8.84 x 103 88.4 x 10−3 plzz help

Answer 1

8.84 x 10^3

Explanation:

first, you need to turn the digits in 8840 so it is lower than 10 and at least 1

so 8840 ÷ 1000 gives us 8.840, or 8.84

Then, we need to add the multiplication that makes the original number

8.84 x 1000 = 8840

We simplify this by counting the factors zeros

1 0 0 0 = 3 zeros

Finally, but the amount of zeros in the exponent

8.84 x 10^3