Question

Which expression equals 0.0100 in scientific notation? A. 1x 10-2 B. 1x 10° c. 10 x 10 D. 1x 10-4

Answer 1

Given:

0.0100

We are required to write the decimal above in scientific notation.

Scientific notation is a way of rewritting very large or very small numbers to convenient decimal form.

To write 0.0100 in scientific notation, we have:

$0.0100\text{ = 1.00 }\ast10^{-2}=1\ast10^{-2}$

All you have to do is to move the decimal point