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Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate a very large or very small quanities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other.

1. Im suprised at how much distance there is between the earth and space.

 

2. Im wondering how much distance there is between the surface of the earth and the center of the earth.

 

3. Each time the exponet on 10 goes up on value, the distance becomes the previouse distance times 10.

 

4. If one carbon atoms equals 10^-10 and one carbon nucleus equals 10^-14, how many times bigger is the entire atom compared to its nucleus? 

 

(Answer) 10^4 times bigger 

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