What is 427,000 in scientific notation?

4.27 * 10 ^5

Step-by-step explanation:

427,000

The number is written in the form

a * 10 ^b

where a is a number between 1 and less than 10

Move the decimal to the left 5 places

427,000. becomes 4.27000

a becomes 4.27 and b is 5 since we moved the decimal to the left

4.27 * 10 ^5

427000 written as 4.27 * 10^5 in scientific notation because the purpose of scientific notation is for scientist to write very large, for very small, number with ease.