1. Charlee is using her calculator to find the product of two large numbers. Her calculator shows 1.78E12 on the display. Interpret what this means.

Answer 1

1.78E12 is the scientific notation for 1.78 multiplied by 10 to the power of 12. In other words, it means that the actual number displayed on Charlee's calculator is 1,780,000,000,000 or 1.78 trillion.