Question

In one month American's consumed 320,500,000 gallons of gasoline. Express this number in scientific notation.

Answer 1

3.2 x 108 The 8 is suppose to be an exponent of 10

Answer 2

The American consumed
`3.205* 10^8` gallons of gasoline.

Explanation:

We are given the following information in the question:

Gasoline consumed by the Americans = 320,500,000 gallons

We have to convert this number into scientific notation.

• Scientific notation is a method of writing very large or very small numbers.
• A number is written in scientific notation when a number between 1 and 10 is multiplied by a power of 10.

The above number can be written in scientific notation in the following manner:

`320,500,000 = 3.205* 10^8`

Hence, the American consumed
`3.205* 10^8` gallons of gasoline.