SOLUTION: Can you help me to write the number in scientific notation. 420,000

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Question 863265: Can you help me to write the number in scientific notation.
420,000
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, the digit portion has to be between 1 and 10.
Move the decimal point over counting the number of spaces until you get that digit.
4.2 to get that I had to move the decimal point over 5 places. That's the exponent.
420000=4.2x10%5E5