Question

Compare 9 * 10^4 to 3 * 10^2. (A) 9 * 10^4 is 3 times larger than 3 * 10^2 (B) 9 * 10^4 is 30 times larger than 3 * 10^2 (C) 9 * 10^4 is 300 times larger than 3 * 10^2 (D) 9 * 10^4 is 3000 times larger than 3 * 10^2

Answer 1

9 * 10^4 is 300 times larger than 3 * 10^2

Explanation:

Here, we want to compare the two figures and give the verdict on how big they are

as we can see, by squaring the second figure, we get the first

Mathematically, what we are saying is that;

(9 * 10^4) = (3 * 10^2)^2

So

basically, the difference between the two is to the tune of (3 * 10^2)

Hence we can conclude that the first number is 300 times bigger than the second number