What is the best order-of-magnitude estimate for 58,100?
10^3 10^4 10^5 10^6

Question

What is the best order-of-magnitude estimate for 58,100?
10^3          10^4          10^5        10^6

cherokeegutierrez · Answer

the second one

anonymous · Answer

10^3=1,000-9,999 which is 4 digits
10^4=10,000-99,999 which is 5 digits
10^5=100,000-999,999 which is 6 digits
10^6=1,000,000-9,999,999 which is 7 digits

koikkara · Answer

$10^4 = 10,000 \approx 58,100$ while, $10^5$ is the closer one to 58,100. @pmnodine  

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anonymous · Answer

No its not. @Koikkara 
It is asking for orders of magnitude not "which number here is closest to 58,100?"

anonymous · Answer

Magnitude=digits.

koikkara · Answer

hmm... I $don't~ know$ how to explain...

$10^4=10,000$
$10^5=1,00,000$

but $58,100$ comes in the order of digits of this similiar fashion $10,000$ not $1,00,000$ @Shalante

anonymous · Answer

$$10^{4}=10,000$$
$$10^{5}=100,000$$
You just said it comes in similar fashion to 10,000 which is to the 4th power.
Thats what I said earlier, but you mentioned 10^5