How do you convert standard form to scientific form?

Answer 1

Oh honey, it's as easy as pie! To convert standard form to scientific form, just move the decimal point to the right until there's only one non-zero digit to the left of it, then multiply by 10 raised to the power of how many places you moved the decimal. Voilà, you've got yourself a scientific notation that will make your math teacher proud.

Answer 2

ex.

5000= 5x10^3

5200= 5.2x10^2

.5000=5x10^-3

.5200=5.2x10^-2

x10^ always stays the same