Question

WRITING NUMBERS IN SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

Write the number in scientific notation.

$321,000,000$

Answer 1

Step 1. Writing the given number as a product of two numbers

$321,000,000=3.21\times 100,000,000$

Step 2. Writing 100,000,000 as a power of 10.

$3.21\times 100,000,000=3.21\times {10}^9$

Hence the answer is $3.21\times {10}^9$