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!