Question

Mary stated that 2.01 x 10⁶ is less than 4.8 x 10⁴ because 2.01 is less than 4.8. what was mary's mistake ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mary's mistake was that she didn't take into account of the power that 10 is raised to; since 2.01 is multiplied by 10 to the 6, it makes 2.01 bigger. You can also expand the number to check:

2 010 000 vs. 4800