Scientific Notation How Many Times Larger

Which of the following in the LARGEST number?

• 9 x 10⁶

• 8 x 10¹⁰

• 1.3 x 10¹²

• 5.3 x 10³

A microgram is equal to 1 x 10 ^-6 grams. How many times greater than a microgram is 1 x 10² grams? 

• 1 x 10^-8

• 1 x 10^-4

• 1 x 10⁴

• 1 x 10⁸

Compare 2.01 x 10¹⁵ and 2.8 x 10¹³. Which number is larger?

• 2.01 x 10¹⁵

• 2.8 x 10¹³

How many times larger is 8 X 10⁷ than 2 X 10⁵?

• 4

• 4 X 10¹

• 4 X 10²

• 16

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How many times larger is 4.5 X 10¹¹ than 1.5 X 10⁵?

• 3

• 3 X 10¹⁶

• 3 X 10⁶

• 300

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How many times larger is 7.2 X 10^-1 than 1.2 X 10^-8?

• 6 x 10⁹

• 6 x 10^-9

• 6 x 10⁷

• 6 x 10^-7

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How many times larger is 8 X 10^-7 than 2 X 10^-11?

• 4

• 4 x 10^-4

• 4 X 10⁴

• 4 x 10^-18

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The mass of he sun is 1.989 x 10³⁰ kilograms. The mass of the earth is 5.98 x 10²⁴ kilograms. How many times bigger is the sun than the earth?

• 3.326 x 10⁵

• 3.326 x 10⁶

• 1.99 x 10³⁰

• 1.99 x 10⁶

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Which is greater? 1.111 x 10¹⁵ or 9.999 x 10³ ?

• They are equivalent.

• There is no way to determine which is greater. The numbers are too big to understand.

• 1.111 x 10¹⁵ is greater because of the larger exponent

• 9.999 x 10³ is greater because 9.999 is larger than 1.111

The average person blink 2.88 x 10⁴ times a day. How many times does a person blink in year (365 days)? Write your answer in scientific notation

• 367.88 x 10⁴

• 1.0512 x 10⁷

• 1051.2 x 10⁴

• 3.6788 x 10⁷