How would you answer this math quistion?

Question

Emilys calculator displays 5.286 (with a 12 in at the top right and corner oof the 6) what does the 12 represent. And how would i be abel to get my couculator to display that?

Answer 1

i think it means that the decimal point is actually 6 places down. so the real answer is 5286000.

or it could mean that the its the 6th power of 5.286

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Answer 2

it means that 5.286 is times by the 12th power. and to type that in a calculator would be :

5.286^12

Answer 3

2nd girl is like exactly right it also can be called and exponent