Question

How do I arrange greatest to least magnitude according to absolute value? What does that mean?

-2.58 x 10^6
-4.18 x 10^-2
-5.29 x 10^-5

Answer 1

`-2.58* 10^6`

`-4.18* 10^(-2)`

`-5.29* 10^(-5)`

Step-by-step explanation:

The absolute value of a number is the value of the number without the sign. So, the absolute value of
`-1` is
`1` and
`1` is also
`1`.

It is generally denoted in the following way
`|-1|=1`

Here the numbers are

`|-2.58* 10^6|=|-2580000|=2580000`

`|-4.18* 10^(-2)|=|-0.0418|=0.0418`

`|-5.29* 10^(-5)|=|-0.0000529|=0.0000529`

So, the order of the numbers from greatest to the least is

`-2.58* 10^6`

`-4.18* 10^(-2)`

`-5.29* 10^(-5)`