Approximation for Comparison

Approximation for Comparison
Introduction

Approximation for comparison helps us quickly compare very large or very small numbers. Instead of working with exact values, we round numbers to make them easier to unders...

Imagine two cities with populations of 3,760,000 and 1,920,000, and you want to find out how many times larger the population of the first city is compared to the second.

To make this comparison simpler, we can approximate both numbers by rounding them to one significant digit and expressing them as a power of 10.

For the first numbe...