0.000235847 in standard form

Question

Exorees 0.000235847 in the standard form.

Answer 1

To write this in standard form is to write it in scientific notation.  We write a number between 1 and 10 and multiply it by 10ⁿ.  n is the number of places we move the decimal point to make the number between 1 and 10. n is positive when the original number is greater than 1, and n is negative when the original number is greater than 0 but less than 1.

 

2.35847 × 10^-4