24901.55 im just trying to change that to a scientific notation.. i cant fig it out

thank you very much! that makes more sence than what i was reading!!

Move the decimal point from where it is to immediately after the first digit and count the number of places that you moved it:

Change from  24901.55  to  2.490155 x 10⁴

The exponent '4' is used because the decimal point was moved 4 places to the left.

If the original number is a decimal smaller than 1, you have to move the decimal point to the right, so you make the exponent a negative number.