Fill in the blank to compare the two values.

Question

5×108

Choose...
8×105

Answer 1

To compare the two values \(5 \times 10^8\) and \(8 \times 10^5\), we can first convert them to standard decimal form.

1. \(5 \times 10^8 = 500,000,000\)
2. \(8 \times 10^5 = 800,000\)

Now we can compare the two values:

• \(500,000,000\) is much larger than \(800,000\).

So, we can fill in the blank as follows:

5×108 > 8×105