Arrange the zoo animals from greatest to least according to their weights. elephant: 5.5 × 103 kilograms giraffe: 1.6 × 103 kilograms lion: 1.9 × 102 kilograms Bengal tiger: 2.2 × 102 kilograms giant panda: 1.2 × 102 kilograms

Respuesta :

Answer: Elephant (5,500 kg), giraffe (1,600 kg) bengal tiger (220 kg), lion (190 kg), giant panda (120 kg).


Step-by-step explanation:

1. The weights of the zoo animals given in the problem are written in scientific notation form.

2. You can rewrite the weights as following:

Elephant: [tex]5.5*10^{3}kg=(5.5*1000)kg=5,500kg[/tex]

Giraffe: [tex]1.6*10^{3}kg=(1.6*1000)kg=1,600kg[/tex]

Lion:  [tex]1.9*10^{2}kg=(1.9*100)kg=190kg[/tex]

Bengal tiger:  [tex]2.2*10^{2}kg=(2.2*100)kg=220kg[/tex]

Giant panda:  [tex]1.2*10^{2}kg=(1.2*100)kg=120kg[/tex]

3. Arranging the animals from greastest to least according their weights:

Elephant, giraffe, bengal tiger, lion, giant panda.




Answer:

Elephant

Giraffe

Lion

Bengal Tiger

Giant Panda