Question

How do you write 0.000223 x 10^-2 in scientific notation?

Answer 1

We need to move the decimal point 4 places to the right therefore we need to subtract from the 10s exponent:

`0.000223 xx 10^-2 = 2.23 xx 10^(-2 - 4) = 2.23 xx 10^-6`