The table below shows the populations of four countries for the year 2006 expressed in scientific notation.

Population in 2006

Country

Population

Lebanon 3.90 × 106
Mexico 1.08 × 108
Peru 2.84 × 107
Spain 45.5 × 106

Of the countries listed, which one had the largest population in 2006?
(1 point)
Lebanon
Peru
Mexico
Spain.

My answer: Lebanon

Check my answer please!

2 answers

Actually, Lebanon had the smallest population!

And it is customary to write 10^6 for a power, since yours looks like just the number 106.
Actually the answer is mexico, it's actually really surprising because if you look at them, Mexico actually looks like the smallest, but it's actually the biggest!