Comparing and Ordering in Scientific Notation

The decimal places

The exponent value

The base number

The number of zeros

Cannot be determined

10^6

10^4

Both are equal

By comparing the base numbers

By counting the total number of digits

By converting to standard form

By looking at the exponents

A negative number

A number greater than one

A number less than one

A positive number

5 x 10^-6

Cannot be determined

3.2 x 10^-4

Both are equal

They cannot be compared

The exponent value is irrelevant

The base numbers then determine which is larger

They are equal

The one with the larger absolute value of the exponent

The one with the smaller absolute value of the exponent

The one with the larger base number

The one with the smaller base number

By converting to standard form

By comparing the base numbers first

By comparing the exponents first

By the number of zeros

It determines which number is larger

It represents the decimal places

It has no significance

It indicates the number of zeros

Six million

Six

Six hundred

Sixty thousand