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. like a 8th grader did it

Answer 1

When Charlee's calculator shows 1.78E12, it means that the number is in scientific notation. The "E" stands for "exponent," which is another way of saying "times ten to the power of."

So, 1.78E12 can be interpreted as:

1.78 × 10¹²

This means that you take 1.78 and multiply it by 10 raised to the 12th power.

To understand this better, 10^12 (or 10 to the power of 12) equals 1,000,000,000,000, which is 1 followed by 12 zeros.

Now, if you multiply 1.78 by 1,000,000,000,000:

1.78 × 1,000,000,000,000 = 1,780,000,000,000

So, 1.78E12 really means that Charlee's calculator is showing the number 1,780,000,000,000, which is a very large number!