When a number is written in scientific notation how can you tell right away weather or not it is greater than or equal to one

Right away, you can tell that the number is greater that one if the exponent is positive. For example, 1.23 x 10 to the power of 2 would be 123, which is greater than 1. If the exponent is negative, the answer will most likely be less than 1. For example, 1.23 to the power or -2 would be .0123.

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