Algebra Examples

$5.3 \cdot 10^{5} + 3.8 \cdot 10^{4}$

Step 1

Move the decimal point in $3.8$ to the left by $1$ place and increase the power of $10^{4}$ by $1$ .

$5.3 \cdot 10^{5} + 0.38 \cdot 10^{5}$

Step 2

Factor $10^{5}$ out of $5.3 \cdot 10^{5} + 0.38 \cdot 10^{5}$ .

$(5.3 + 0.38) \cdot 10^{5}$

Step 3

Add $5.3$ and $0.38$ .

$5.68 \cdot 10^{5}$