How do you write 54,000,000 in scientific notation?

1 Answer

5.4 * 10^7

Explanation:

We have 54 000 000
It can be translated as 5.4 * 10000000
Which is 5.4*10000*1000
A power of 10 is 10 at the power of how many 0s we have, if that makes sense.

So 1000 is 10^3 since we have 3 0s.
10000 is 10^4 because there are 4 0s.
So we have 5.4*10^4*10^3=5.4*10^(4+3)=5.4*10^7