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100

(9.7 x 105) + (4.8 x 105)

1.45 x 106

100

(8 x 104) - (3 x 104)

5 x 104

100

(3.2 x 103) (7.4 x 102)

2.3 x 106

100

9 x 108
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2 x 102

4.5 x 106 

100

Mark studied a group of 30 whales.  If each whale weighs 3.8 x 105 pounds, find the weight of 30 whales.

1.14 x 107

200

(4.1 x 103) + (3.2 x 105)

3.241 x 105

200

(9 x 104) - (3.2 x 103)

8.68 x 104

200

(9 x 10-4) (4.34 x 10-3)

3.906 x 10-6

200

3 x 10-2
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4 x 105

7.5 x 10-8

200

Earth is 9.3 x 106 miles from the sun.  

Mars is 1.2 x 108 miles from the sun.  

How much farther is Mars from the sun than Earth?

Mars is 1.107 x 108 miles further from the sun than Earth.  

300

(6.7 x 102) + (4 x 105)

4.006 x 105

300

(5.5 x 106) - (2 x 105)

5.3 x 106

300

(8 x 106)(3 x 104)

2.4 x 109

300

2 x 10-2

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5 x 10-3


4 x 100 = 4

300

The width of the US is 3 x 103 miles.  

The circumference of Earth is 3 x 105 miles.

How many times larger is the circumference of the Earth than the width of US? 

The earth's circumference is 1 x 102 times larger than width of US.  That's 100 times larger.

400

(9.8 x 10-4)+(9.5 x 10-3)

1.048 x 10-2

400

(9.5 x 107) - (6.1 x 105)

9.439 x 107

400

(9 x 10-3) x (8 x 10-7)

7.2 x 10-9

400

5.5 x 10-9
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2.5 x 10-2

2.2 x 10-7

400

Peyton Manning makes 1.8 x 107 dollars a year.

Colin Kaepernick makes 7.41 x 105 dollars a year.

How much more does Manning make than Kaepernick?

Manning makes 1.7259 x 10dollars more a year than Kaepernick.  

500

(9 x 106) + (4.5 x 108)

4.59 x 108

500

(4.2 x 109)-(9.4 x 1012)

-9.3958 x 1012

500

(6.2 x 102)(4.5 x 10-8)

2.79 x 10-5

500

5 x 108

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8 x 105

6.25 x 102

500

The Heinz company sells 4.2 x 104 bottles of yellow mustard a month.

How many bottles are sold in a year?

The Heinz company sells 5.04 x 105 bottles of yellow mustard a year.

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