Question

The mass of a poppy seed is 0.0002985 g.

Express this in scientific notation. What
will be the mass of 1 cup of poppy
seeds, if the cup can hold approximately
5,00,000 poppy seeds?​

Answer 1

Scientific notation is given by ax10^b therefore on solving .0002985g you will get 2.985x10^-4gm

Mass of 5,00,000 of such puppy is

500000x.0002985

FINAL: 149.25 gm.