Question 152377: I am doing exponents in expanded form and have a question:
In the number 1,203,487,386 when I start to expand this to (1 x 10-10)+(2 x 10-9)+ do I include the 0 or leave it out?)
Answer by Earlsdon(6103)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!You should include the zero for completeness, and notice that you start at an exponent of 9:
1,203,487,386 = 
1,000,000,000 = 
200,000,000 = 
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3,000,000 = 
400,000 = 
80,000 = 
7,000 = 
300 = 
80 = 
6 =  Recall that 
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