SOLUTION: 7th grade pre-algebra problem: The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and weighs about 8 tons. Write this amount in exponential form. Thank you. I've worked out

Question 332928: 7th grade pre-algebra problem: The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and weighs about 8 tons. Write this amount in exponential form.
Thank you. I've worked out an answer but don't want to lead my 7th grader astray.
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Answer by benazir.sj@gmail.com(109) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8 tons= 8000KG
i.e. (2*2*2*2*2*2*5*5*5)
i.e. 2^6 * 5^3
OR
There are many ways to write 8 tons in exponential form and
For example 8 = 2^3 so the answer expected might be 2^3 tons.
Perhaps the expected answer is in pounds.
One ton is 2,000 pounds so 8 tons is 16,000 pounds.
16 = 2^4 and 1,000 is 10^3 so
8 tons = 2^4 � 10^3 pounds
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2000 lbs in a ton ___ 16000 or 1.6x10^4 lbs ___ sometimes written as 1.6E4

16 oz in a lb ___ 256000 or 2.56x10^5 oz ___ sometimes written as 2.56E5
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