Question

Scientific notation
Express this number in scientific notation.
245,600,000,000

Answer 1

2.456 x 10^11

100,000,000,000 is 10^11.

so, 245,600,000,000 is 2.456 x 10^11.

Answer 2

The answer 2.456*10^11

Explanation:

To to this we have to count how many decimals from the back of the number

245,600,000,000

We can actually count 11 decimal points from the back

Hence in standard form or scientific notation we have

2.456*10^11