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wmdschristie3
Junior Member

USA
5 Posts

Posted - 09/30/2007 : 15:37:49

Write this in standard form.

6.678

10 to the 2 power

I multiplyed 10 times itself twice and got 100
Then I multiplyed 100 and 6.678
My answer is 667.8 is this correct
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

THANKS!

Ultraglide
Advanced Member

Canada
278 Posts

Posted - 09/30/2007 : 17:36:56

Yes

uberclay
Advanced Member

Canada
159 Posts

Posted - 09/30/2007 : 23:52:01

Good work.

Another way to look at this is how the decimal point moves with respect to the power of ten.

*If the power is positive, the decimal point moves to the right the same number of places as the power of ten that you are calculating.

Ex: 2.7183 * 10^3

For this example, the decimal point will move three places to the right because 2.7183 is being multiplied by ten to the 3rd power.

2.7183 * 10^3 = 2718.3

*If the power is negative, the decimal point moves to the left the same number of places as the power of ten that you are calculating.

Ex: 3.1416 * 10^-2

For this example the decimal point will move two places to the left because 3.1415 is being multiplied by ten to the -2nd power.

3.1416 * 10^-2 = 0.031416

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