What is 245,893 in scientific notation

The goal of writing a number in scientific notation is to have a decimal number, with one digit to theleft of the decmial point, followed by a × 10to some power.

To format your number in this way, we'll divide the 245,893 by 10, 2time(s), making it a 2.45.
We do this, because each division by 10 moves the decimal point to the left one digit.
But in order to keep our number the same number, we must have a × 102next to the 2.45.

So, the final answer is 2.45 × 102 (: Hope im right!