What is 8700000 in science notation?

Answer 1

8700000 = 8.7 x 10^6

To write a number in scientific notation, write the number starting from the first non-zero digit and put the decimal point after the first digit. To work out the power of ten, count how many digits the decimal point has to move to get back to where it was in the original number, but if it is has to move left make this number negative; this number is the power of the ten.

eg 123 = 1.23 x 10^2 as decimal point has to move 2 digits to the right;

eg 0.0123 = 1.23 x 10^-2 as the decimal point has to move 2 digits to the left.