Approximation with large Numbers

Approximation With Large Numbers
Introduction

When numbers get very large, working with exact values can be difficult. Approximation helps us simplify these numbers so they are easier to understand and use. You mig...

Maya got a homework assignment to approximate the populations of two cities by rounding each number and then writing the result as the product of a single digit and a power of 10.

Let’s see how she does it.

For the first city, the leftmost digit is 3, and the next digit is 4.

When the digit to the right is less than 5, the cu...