Question

Arrange the zoo animals from greatest to least according to their weights. elephant: 5.5 × 103 kilograms giraffe: 1.6 × 103 kilograms lion: 1.9 × 102 kilograms Bengal tiger: 2.2 × 102 kilograms giant panda: 1.2 × 102 kilograms

Answer 1

Answer: Elephant (5,500 kg), giraffe (1,600 kg) bengal tiger (220 kg), lion (190 kg), giant panda (120 kg).

Explanation:

1. The weights of the zoo animals given in the problem are written in scientific notation form.

2. You can rewrite the weights as following:

Elephant:
`5.5*10^(3)kg=(5.5*1000)kg=5,500kg`

Giraffe:
`1.6*10^(3)kg=(1.6*1000)kg=1,600kg`

Lion:
`1.9*10^(2)kg=(1.9*100)kg=190kg`

Bengal tiger:
`2.2*10^(2)kg=(2.2*100)kg=220kg`

Giant panda:
`1.2*10^(2)kg=(1.2*100)kg=120kg`

3. Arranging the animals from greastest to least according their weights:

Elephant, giraffe, bengal tiger, lion, giant panda.