Question

The length of an object is measured as 85.9 centimeters. What is this measurement in scientific notation?

A)8.59 × 101 centimeters
B)859 × 101 centimeters
C )0.859 × 102 centimeters
D) 8,590 × 102 centimeters

Answer 1

For scientific notation, the other factor has to be more than 1 but less than 10. This can help use eliminate 3 options and leave us with the right answer.
We should still look into the answer.
If we actually multiply it, does it get us to 85.9?
8.59×10
85.9
So A)8.59×10^1 centimeters.