8.1.B.11 - Efficacy of Scientific Notation - Exit Ticket

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The two largest mammals on earth are the blue whale and the African elephant. An adult male blue whale weighs about 170 tonnes or long tons. ( 1 tonne = 1000 kg). Show that the weight of an adult blue whale is 1.7 x 105 kg.

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An adult male African elephant weighs about 9.07 x 103 kg. Compute how many times heavier an adult male blue whale is than an adult male African elephant (that is, find the value of the ratio). Round your final answer to the nearest one.

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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 8 Mathematics Module 1, Topic B, Lesson 11. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-8-mathemat...; accessed 03/Nov/2015.