You can put this solution on YOUR website! You need to understand powers of 10
. . .
In scientific notation, numbers are always seen as
or
In other words, move the decimal point to the left until you've
got units (1 through 9) and some fraction showing
Look at your number
889,610,000,000
How many times should you move the decimal point?
The answer is 11 times to get a units digit showing (8)
OK, now what? You made the number a lot smaller. How much smaller?
Every time you moved the decimal point you divided the number
by 10. Now you have to multiply by 10 for each time you moved the
decimal point, so you get back to the number you started with
OK, I'll do it
This is perfectly true, but
is much easier to write
So now what? Write the answer like this answer
