What is 48,978 written In scientific notation?

In scientific notation, you want (a number less than 10 and more than 0) times 10^x

so 48978 made so that it is less than 10 and more than 0 is

4.8978

we count how many times we divided 48978 by 10 to get 4.8978 and we get 4

so 4.8978 times 10^4

or on an online test

4.8978e+04

48, 978 - - > 4.8978 * 10^ (4)

4.8978 * 10^ (4)