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To determine which statement is not true, let's evaluate each statement one at a time.

  1. Statement: \( 7 \times 10^{-2} \) is 1,000 times as great as \( 7 \times 10^{-6} \)

    To check this: \[ 7 \times 10^{-2} = 7 \times 10^{-2} \] and \[ 1000 \times (7 \times 10^{-6}) = 7 \times 10^{-3}. \] Since \( 7 \times 10^{-2} \) is not equal to \( 7 \times 10^{-3} \), this statement is false.

  2. Statement: \( 9 \times 10^{-4} \) is 1,000 times as great as \( 9 \times 10^{-7} \)

    \[ 1000 \times (9 \times 10^{-7}) = 9 \times 10^{-4}. \] This statement is true.

  3. Statement: \( 2 \times 10^{6} \) is 10 times as great as \( 2 \times 10^{5} \)

    \[ 10 \times (2 \times 10^{5}) = 2 \times 10^{6}. \] This statement is true.

  4. Statement: \( 4 \times 10^{8} \) is 100 times as great as \( 4 \times 10^{6} \)

    \[ 100 \times (4 \times 10^{6}) = 4 \times 10^{8}. \] This statement is true.

Based on this analysis, the statement that is not true is:

\( 7 \times 10^{-2} \) is 1,000 times as great as \( 7 \times 10^{-6} \).