Question

What is 3000000 as 10 raised to a power.

Answer 1

You would write it as 3 * 10^6

Explanation:

To figure this out, look at the decimal place: you got a huge number. 3,000,000. that's the decimal place, right at the far right side. Move the decimal place until you got a number less than 10, so until the number is 3. How ever many times you had to move the decimal place (in this case six times) is the number you put as the power. So the expression is:

3 * 10^6