what is 14.73 in standard form?

Question

I dont get how to do standard form in decimals.

Answer 1

Hi Rosie,

 

Putting a decimal number into standard form means to express the number as a single digit whole number times 10 raised to a power.  This is also know as writing a number in Scientific Notation.

 

Putting our number 14.73 into decimal form (scientific notation) will mean we have to move the decimal point 1 place to the left and then express that number as a power ten raised to the 1st power:

    14.73 (normal form) = 1.473 x 10¹ (standard form)

 

However many places we move the decimal point to the left is also the positive number exponent that will be our power of 10.

 

Trust this helps.

 

God bless, Jordan.

Answer 2

14.73 in standard form = 1.473 X 10¹

first find the no. of places you shift the decimal to write in standard form,write that no. as power of 10 to complete the standard form notation. But remember shifting the decimal towards right makes the no. smaller ,so you need a positive power of 10 to get original no. whereas shifting of decimal towards right makes the no. bigger ,so the power of 10 should be negative.for ex.   0.001437 in standard form = 1.437 X 10^-3