Scientific notation

Question

A 5 pound bag of candy contains about 2500 pieces. If the company makes 4.7 million bags of candy per year, about how many pieces of candy are made per year?

Answer 1

2.5 x 10^3 pieces/ 1bag times 4.7 x 10^6 bags = 11.75 x 10^9 = 1.175 x 10^10