Question

Charles 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

The number 1.78E12 is in scientific notation, which means it represents 1.78 multiplied by 10 raised to the power of 12. In other words, the number is equal to 1.78 times 10 to the power of 12, or 1,780,000,000,000.