How do you write 54,000 in standard notation?

2 Answers

5.4\times 10^4

Explanation:

Given that

54000

=5.4\times 10000

=5.4\times 10^4

Jul 29, 2018

5.4*10^4

Explanation:

The key realization is that we want one non-zero digit before the decimal point. We can loop it 4 times to the left.

The number of times we looped it will be our exponent. Since we looped left, it is a positive 4. We get

5.4*10^4

Hope this helps!