727,000 in scientific notation is written as 7.27 * 10^5
The decimal or whole number must be between 1 and 10. Then, what I do, is count the amount it takes me to get to 7.27, which, in this case, is 5
Hope that answered your question!
In scientific notation you break down numbers, and multiply them by a power of 10.
In our case, tha answer will be:
[tex] 727 * 10^{3} [/tex]
Hope it helped,
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