Question

How do you convert 5.5 x 10^-3 into standard notation?

Answer 1

Remember that `10^-3=1/10^3=1/1000`

Explanation:

So you divide `5.5/1000`

But you can also move the decimal point 3 places to the left, and pad zeroes to fill the empty places:

In both casesthe answer will be `0.0055`

Easy to remember: you now have 3 zeroes at the left side of your number (including the one in front of the decimal point)