How do you write #2,360,000# in scientific notation?

2 Answers
Apr 15, 2016

#2360000# is #2.36 xx 10^6# in scientific notation

Explanation:

#10^6 = 1000000#

#2360000/2360000 = 2.36#

#2.36 xx 1000000 = 2360000#

#2360000# is #2.36 xx 10^6# in scientific notation

Aug 8, 2018

#2.36*10^6#

Explanation:

The key realization is that when we write numbers in scientific notation, we want one digit before the decimal point.

In our case, we must loop it #6# times to the left. The number of times we loop it is our exponent, and looping it left makes it positive. Thus, we have

#2.36*10^6#

Hope this helps!