How do you express #58,600,000# in scientific notation?

1 Answer
Mar 19, 2017

First, move the decimal point over until you have a number between 1 and 10.

#58 600 000.#
#5860000.0#
#586000.00#
#58600.000#
#5860.0000#
#586.00000#
#58.600000#
#5.8600000#

Stop! 5.86 is between 1 and 10. Now, count how many places you moved the decimal point.

The decimal point moved 7 places to the left. So, the final answer is:

#5.86 times 10^7#