Question

Estimate the order of magnitude (power of ten) of: 2700

Answer 1

Well, first let's see which power of 10 2700 is closer to. Is it closer to 1,000 or to 10,000?

Answer 2

1000

Answer 3

Right. And what power of 10 is 1000?

Answer 4

10^3

Answer 5

Right. So we can say that the power of 10 is closer to 3 than it is to 4. So basically the power of 10 is 3. Makes sense?

Answer 6

what about this one: 93.90 x 10^4

Answer 7

i tried 10^5 but didn't work

Answer 8

Well, that's the same as 9.39 x 10^5, so we have a magnitude of 5.

Answer 9

10^5 or just 5 ?

Answer 10

5. Since it's a power of 5.

Answer 11

hmm it's not right

Answer 12

oh i got it...10^6 lol

Answer 13

thanks @OakTree

Answer 14

No problem.