Question

There are about 1.01 million k-12 students in Indiana. Indiana spends about $11,700 per pupil. Use scientific notation to calculate Indiana's education budget for k-12 pupils.

Answer 1

Answer: Total budget for Indiana's education budget is $\ 1.1817\times 10^{10}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of k-12 students in Indiana = 1.01 million

Amount Indiana spends per pupil = $11700

So, Total budget for k-12 pupils by Indiana's education is given by

$1.01\times 11700\\\\=11817\ million\\\\=11817\times 10^6\ (1\ million=1000000=10^6)\\\\=\ 1.1817\times 10^{10}$

Since we know that significant notation means decimal should be placed just after the unit digit and to make it like this we have to divide it by $10^4$ as there is five digit in 11817.

And $10^4$ is get added to $10^6$ to make $10^{10}$

Hence, Total budget for Indiana's education budget is $\ 1.1817\times 10^{10}$