Question

How many times larger is 5 × 10 to the power of 6 than 5 × 10 to the power of 2?

Answer 1

10,000 because you just need to work them out then subtract

Answer 2

10,000

Explanation:

The bases of the scientific notation are the same, so the answer must be a base of 10. So you just divide
`10^(6)` and
`10^(2)`, you should get
`10^(4)`, which is equal to 10,000.