Write 3 × 10^5 as a normal number

Step by step

The question

Question: write 3 × 10⁵ as a normal number.

1 Read the power

10⁵ is 100000.

Times 100000 makes the number bigger, so the point moves 5 places to the right.

2 Move the point

There are not enough digits after the point.

We write 5 zeros at the end.

Zeros there do not change the number.

The point is at the end now, so we leave it out.

So 3 × 10⁵ = 300000.

Careful!

The power is not the number of zeros.

It is how many places the point moves.

3 already has 0 digit after the point.

3 Check

Let's check: times 100000.

3 times 100000 is 300000.

It works!

Let's look back.

First: read the power.

Then: move the point.

Last: check.