A total of 8 058 044 651 Web pages were searched by Google by the end of 2004. Express this number in a scientific notation and in expanded form.
To express the number 8 058 044 651 in scientific notation, you need to move the decimal point so that there is one non-zero digit left of it. In this case, it would be 8.058044651. Count the number of places you moved the decimal point to the right to obtain this new number. In this case, you moved it 9 places to the right.
Now, write the number 8.058044651 multiplied by 10 raised to the power of the number of places you moved the decimal point (9) in scientific notation form. It will be:
8.058044651 × 10^9
To express the number in expanded form, you simply write it in its standard numerical form. So, the expanded form of 8.058044651 × 10^9 is:
8 058 044 651