Algebra Examples

$(5 \cdot 10^{- 5}) + (2.46 \cdot 10^{- 3})$

Step 1

Move the decimal point in $5$ to the left by $2$ places and increase the power of $10^{- 5}$ by $2$ .

$0.05 \cdot 10^{- 3} + 2.46 \cdot 10^{- 3}$

Step 2

Factor $10^{- 3}$ out of $0.05 \cdot 10^{- 3} + 2.46 \cdot 10^{- 3}$ .

$(0.05 + 2.46) \cdot 10^{- 3}$

Step 3

Add $0.05$ and $2.46$ .

$2.51 \cdot 10^{- 3}$