Scientific Notation Algebra 1 Word Problem

Question

At a certain zoo, the average mass of one cow is measured to be 410 kilograms. Use scientific notation to express the mass of 110 cows.

Answer 1

To express the mass of 110 cows in scientific notation, we first need to multiply the average mass of one cow (410 kilograms) by the number of cows (110).

410 kilograms x 110 = 45100 kilograms

How to convert to scientific notation: 45100 take the cursors or decimal point starting from the

( right of zero) and carry the decimal point four spaces to the left and place at thousand place



between the 4 and 5.

(ones, tens, hundreds, and stop on the thousands (the left of 5) place decimal point) 4.5100

This gives us a total mass of 45100 kilograms. In scientific notation, this is written as

4.5 x 10^4 kilograms.

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Answer 2

410 * 110 = 45100 = 4.51 * 10⁴ kg