Across the different colleges in Washington D.C. there is a population of approximately 3x10⁵ college students. Approximately how many college students are in Washington D.C.?
3 x 10 to the 5th power, if you took 10 and multiplied by five to make 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10, which would be 100,000. then multiply by the 3 and get 300,000