Thread: scientific notation

Hello,

The winnings of a lottery were $250 million. Write 250 million in ordinary decimal notation and in scientfic notation.

B) A companys revenues could be $15 billion write 15 billion in ordinary decimal notation and in scientific notaion.

Originally Posted by NEMO

Hello,

The winnings of a lottery were $250 million. Write 250 million in ordinary decimal notation and in scientfic notation.

B) A companys revenues could be $15 billion write 15 billion in ordinary decimal notation and in scientific notaion.

250,000,000 or 2.5 * 10^8

15,000,000,000 or 1.5 * 10^10

The latter in each case being scientific notation.

Originally Posted by NEMO

Hello,

The winnings of a lottery were $250 million. Write 250 million in ordinary decimal notation and in scientfic notation.

B) A companys revenues could be $15 billion write 15 billion in ordinary decimal notation and in scientific notaion.

250,000,000
2.5exp8

15,000,000,000
1.5exp10

EDIT: Too late.