How many zeros are in the product 20 x 10^5?
To find the product of $20$ and $10^5$, we multiply $20$ by $1$ followed by five $0$'s, or $100,\!000$. So the product is $20 \times 100,\!000 = 2,\!000,\!000$. The answer is $\boxed{6}$ zeros.
To determine the number of zeros in the product 20 x 10^5, we need to multiply the two numbers together.
Firstly, 20 multiplied by 10 equals 200.
To understand the exponent, 10^5 means multiplying 10 by itself five times: 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10. This equals 100,000.
So, the product 20 x 10^5 is equal to 200,000.
Now, let's count the number of zeros in the product: 200,000 has five zeros.
Therefore, the product 20 x 10^5 has five zeros.