What is the scientific notation for 8 million?

The scientific notation for 8 million is 8 × 106.

Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small in a compact form. In this case, 8 million can be expressed as 8 followed by six zeros, which is 8,000,000. To convert this into scientific notation, we move the decimal point in 8 million six places to the left to get 8.0, which simplifies to 8. Then, we multiply by 10 raised to the power of 6, because we moved the decimal point six places. Thus, 8 million becomes 8 × 106.

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