Write 6,000,000,000,000 in scientific notation.

[orangetree]

Hi! Here is my question:

Write 6,000,000,000,000 in scientific notation.

I have been told to write a number in scientific notation you put the decimal after the first digit and drop the zeroes. And to find the exponent count the number of places from the decimal to the end of the number. But I'm not sure how it would come out with this number. :shock: 6. x 10^12? Even close??

Thanks!

 

[stapel]

How many places did you move the decimal point? How did you arrive at a power of "12" on the base of "10"?

Please be specific. Thank you.

Eliz.

 

[orangetree]

I put the decimal after the first digit and dropped the zeroes, 6.? And counted the number of places from the decimal to the end of the number, 12. I might be doing this really wrong :?:

 

[stapel]

Before writing my previous reply, I miscounted the number of zeroes: Your method is correct, and your solution is correct (though you don't need the "dot" after the "6").

I apologize for being obtuse!

Eliz.

 

[jwpaine]

Hi! Here is my question:

Write 6,000,000,000,000 in scientific notation.

I have been told to write a number in scientific notation you put the decimal after the first digit and drop the zeroes. And to find the exponent count the number of places from the decimal to the end of the number. But I'm not sure how it would come out with this number. :shock: 6. x 10^12? Even close??

Thanks!

That is correct!

When you multiply 10 by itself, 12 times, you would have 1, followed by 12 zeros

so 6 * 10^12 would be 6, followed by 12 zeros.

 

[orangetree]

That's okay Thank you!!