4503599627400000 Put a decimal between the first digit 4 and the 5 next to it: 4.503599627400000 Now count how many digits there are after the decimal. I count 15. Remember that number, 15. Drop off all the trailing zeros at the end: 4.5035996274 Remembering that number 15, put on ×1015 4.5035996274×1015 <-- final answer Edwin