4/500 in scientific notation would be

Convert to decimal form

4/500=0.008

scientific nottationis

(number greaterthan or equal to 1 and less than 10) times (10^x (x=number of places moved))

0.008

make number less than 10 and moer than 1

8 times 0.001

0.001=10^-3 (3 places moved)

8 times 10^-3 is the answer