Scientific
Standard
Comparison
Operations
Squares & Roots
100

4.7

4.7 x 100

100

6.1 x 102

610

100

6.1 x 10 ___ 6.01 x 105

6.1 x 10 > 6.01 x 105

100

(3 x 102)(2 x 104)

6 x 106

100

Find the square of -12

144

200

3940

3.94 x 103

200

7.31 x 106

7,310,000

200

2.01 x 10-4 ___ 2.01 x 10-3

2.01 x 10-4 < 2.01 x 10-3

200

(3 x 103)(3 x 10-5)

9 x 10-2

200

Find the square root of 256

16

300

0.06

6 x 10-2

300

3.42 x 10-4

0.000342

300

3.343 x 10-2 ___ 3.434 x 10-2

3.343 x 10-2 < 3.434 x 10-2

300

(5 x 105)(3 x 104)

1.5 x 1010

300

Simplify 3 x (-6)2

108

400

0.000000786

7.86 x 10-7

400

5.04 x 10-8

0.0000000504

400

1.01 x 10-10 ___ 1.1 x 10-11

1.01 x 10-10 > 1.1 x 10-11

400

(9.3 x 107)(8.3 x 105)

7.719 x 1013

400

Simplify 7 x (3 +2)2

175

500

2,003,000,000,000,000

2.003 x 1015

500

9.0301 x 1013

90,301,000,000,000

500

Order from least to greatest 

8.11 x 108, 8.8 x 10-6, 8.98 x 105

8.8 x 10-6, 8.98 x 105, 8.11 x 108

500

(1.9 x 10-2)(8.1 x 105)

1.539 x 104

500

[sqrt(100-64) + sqrt(16)]2

1,600

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