A video game company sold six million, twenty thousand, three hundred copies of its most popular game. How is this number written in standard form?
- 6,002,300
- 6,020,030
- 6,020,300 (correct answer)
- 6,200,300
Explanation: To write "six million, twenty thousand, three hundred" in standard form, break it down by place value. The millions place has a 6. The thousands period has "twenty," so there is a 2 in the ten thousands place and a 0 in the thousands place. The hundreds place has a 3. All other places are filled with zeros as placeholders. This gives 6,020,300.