Question

Question 113

A sugar factory has annual sales of 3 billion 720 million kilograms sugar. Express this number in the standard form.

Answer 1

Annual sales of a sugar factory = 3 billion 720 million kilograms = 3720000000 kg standard form of $3720000000=372\times 10\times 10\times 10\times 10\times 10\times 10\times 10=372\times {10}^7$ kg
= $3.72\times {10}^7\times {10}^2=3.72\times {10}^9$ kg