Question

There are about 1.01 million k-12 students in Indiana. Indiana spends about $11,700 per pupil. Use scientific notation to calculate Indiana's education budget for k-12 pupils.

Answer 1

Answer: Total budget for Indiana's education budget is
`\$1.1817* 10^(10)`

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of k-12 students in Indiana = 1.01 million

Amount Indiana spends per pupil = $11700

So, Total budget for k-12 pupils by Indiana's education is given by

`1.01* 11700\\\\=11817\ million\\\\=11817* 10^6\ (1\ million=1000000=10^6)\\\\=\$1.1817* 10^(10)`

Since we know that significant notation means decimal should be placed just after the unit digit and to make it like this we have to divide it by
`10^4` as there is five digit in 11817.

And
`10^4` is get added to
`10^6` to make
`10^(10)`

Hence, Total budget for Indiana's education budget is
`\$1.1817* 10^(10)`