How do you convert 3478 into scientific form?

1 Answer
Mar 27, 2018

3.478*10^3

Explanation:

To convert a number to the scientific form, you have to move the decimal point until there is only one number before the decimal point.

3478 is actually 3478.00 (move the decimal point over until there is only one number in front of the decimal point)

After moving the decimal point, we see that we moved 3 spaces:
3.478 so we are going to raise 10 to the power of the number of spaces moved.

3.478*10^3