Question

when a number is written in scientific notation how can you tell right away weather or not it is greater than or equal to one

Answer 1

Right away, you can tell that the number is greater that one if the exponent is positive. For example, 1.23 x 10 to the power of 2 would be 123, which is greater than 1. If the exponent is negative, the answer will most likely be less than 1. For example, 1.23 to the power or -2 would be .0123.


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