Question

Explain why the exponent in 3.5 x 10 6 is 6 there are only 5 zeros in 3500000

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The given number is 3.5×10⁶. It is written in scientific form. We can first write it into standard form. There is exponent of 10 is 6.

3.5×10⁶ = 3.5×1000000

We can write 3.5 as 35/10

So,

3.5×10⁶ = (35/10)×1000000

= 3500000

One of the zero of 1000000 is divided by 10 at the denominator. Hence, the exponent in 3.5×10⁶ is 6 while there are 5 zeros in 3500000.