Basic Math Examples

$2.7 \cdot 10^{4} - 3.7 \cdot 10^{3}$

Step 1

Move the decimal point in $- 3.7$ to the left by $1$ place and increase the power of $10^{3}$ by $1$ .

$2.7 \cdot 10^{4} - 0.37 \cdot 10^{4}$

Step 2

Factor $10^{4}$ out of $2.7 \cdot 10^{4} - 0.37 \cdot 10^{4}$ .

$(2.7 - 0.37) \cdot 10^{4}$

Step 3

Subtract $0.37$ from $2.7$ .

$2.33 \cdot 10^{4}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Scientific Notation:

$2.33 \cdot 10^{4}$

Expanded Form:

$23300$