Question

How do you write 54,000,000 in scientific notation?

Answer 1

`5.4 * 10^7`

Explanation:

We have `54 000 000`
It can be translated as `5.4 * 10000000`
Which is `5.4*10000*1000`
A power of `10` is `10` at the power of how many `0`s we have, if that makes sense.

So `1000` is `10^3` since we have 3 `0`s.
`10000` is `10^4` because there are 4 `0`s.
So we have `5.4*10^4*10^3=5.4*10^(4+3)=5.4*10^7`