ECZ 2015 · O-Level Paper 1 — Index Notation

A road construction company needed a sum of 0.04455 billion kwacha (1 billion = 1 000 000 000) to rehabilitate bridges on a road. Write 0.04455 billion in standard form correct to 2 significant figures.

  • A. 4.5 × 10⁷
  • B. 4.4 × 10⁷
  • C. 4.5 × 10⁸
  • D. 45 × 10⁶

Verified working — step 1

0.04455 billion = 0.04455 × 10⁹ = …

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