Write 9.79 x 10^5 in standard notation.
a. 9,790,000
b. 979,000
c. 97,900,000
d. 97,900

9.79 x 10⁵ in standard notation is 979,000

The number is a whole number because the exponent is positive. It means that the decimal point is located to the right of the number and moved to the left when it was converted to scientific notation. The number in the exponents represents the number of places the decimal point is moved. In this case, it was moved 5 times.

979,000.
1st move  ⇒ 97900.0
2nd move ⇒ 9790.00
3rd move  ⇒ 979.000
4th move  ⇒ 97.9000
5th move  ⇒ 9.79000