Second

Litre

Leap year

1.1 nm
Length

(a) 385000 kg = 3.85000 105 kg

Order of magnitude = 101 105 kg = 106 kg
(This is because the numerical value of 3.85000 is more than 3.2)
(b) 0.0008 m = 8.0 10-4 m
Order of magnitude = 101 10-4 m = 10-3 m
(This is because the numerical value of 8.0 is more than 3.2)

Wavelength of light of particular colour = 5800

(a)

(i) 1

= 10-1 nm

5800

= 5800 10-1 nm

= 580 nm

(ii) 1

= 10-10 m

5800

= 5800 10-10 m

= 5.8 10-7 m
(b) The order of its magnitude in metre is 10-6 m because the numerical value of 5.8 is more than
3.2.

Thickness of a metal sheet = 3.26 mm

(a) The order of its magnitude in mm is 101 mm because the numerical value of 3.26 is greater than
the numerical value 3.2).
(b) 3.26 mm = 3.26 10-3 m
Order of magnitude = 101 10-3 m = 10-2 m
(Because the numerical value of 3.26 is greater than the numerical value 3.2)

Size of a bacteria = 1
Since 1 = 10-6 m
Number of the particle = Total length/size of
one bacteria
= 1 m/10-6 m
= 106

Distance of galaxy = 5.6 1025 m

Speed of light = 3 108 m/s

(a) Time taken by light = Distance travelled/speed of light

= (5.6 1025 / 3 108) s
= 1.87 1017 s

(b) Order of magnitude = 100 1017 s = 1017 s

(This is because the numerical value of 1.87 is less than the numerical value 3.2)

Length = 50 cm
Breadth = 20 cm
Height = 2.5 cm

(a) Volume of the slab = length breadth height

= 50 20 2.5 cm3
= 2.5 103 cm3
(b) Order of magnitude = 100 103 cm3 = 103 cm3
Order of magnitude in S.I. unit = 10-3 m3

Wavelength of light = 589 nm

= 589 10-9 m
= 5.89 10-7 m
Order of magnitude = 101 10-7 m
= 10-6 m
(This is because the numerical value of 5.89 is more than the numerical value 3.2)

Radius of hydrogen atom (r) = 0.5

= 0.5 10-10 m

(a) Volume of a hydrogen atom =

. Here, r is the radius.

Because the numerical value of 0.5 is less than the numerical value of 3.2, order of magnitude of
volume of hydrogen atom =

(b) Volume of 1 mole of hydrogen = (6.02 1026) volume of one hydrogen atom.
= (6.02 1026) (0.5 10-30) m3
= 3.01 10-4 m3
Because the numerical value of 3.01 is less than the numerical value of 3.2, the order of magnitude
of volume of 1 mole of hydrogen atom =

Radius of moon = 3.84 106 m

Average density of moon = 4 103 kgm-3
Mass of moon = Volume density

=(
) density
(Here, r is the radius of moon)

Because the numerical value of 9.5 is greater than the numerical value of 3.2, the order of
magnitude of the mass of moon =

No. of seconds in a day = 86400 s

= 8.64 104 s
Because the numerical value of 8.64 is greater than the numerical value of 3.2, the order of
magnitude of no. of seconds in a day =
= 101 104 s
= 105 s

Mass of proton = 1.67 10-27 kg

= 1.67 10-27 103 g
No. of protons = 1 g mass/total mass of proton
= 1 / (1.67 10-27 103)
= 0.6 1024
Because the numerical value of 0.6 is less than the numerical value of 3.2, the order of magnitude of
number of protons
= 100 x 1024
= 1024

Mass of an oxygen atom = 16.00 u

Now, 1 u = 1.66 10-27 kg
Hence, mass of oxygen in kg = 16 1.66 10-27 kg
= 26.56 10-27 kg
Because the numerical value of 26.56 is greater than the numerical value of 3.2, the order of
magnitude of mass of oxygen in kg
= 101 10-27 kg
= 10-26 kg

Time taken by light to reach from the Sun to the Earth = 8 min = 480 s.
Speed of light = 3 108 m/s
Distance from the Sun to the Earth = Speed time
= 3 108 480 m
= 1440 108 m
= 1440 108 10-3 km
= 1440 105 km
= 1.44 108 km
Because the numerical value of 1.44 is less than the numerical value of 3.2, the order of magnitude
of distance from the Sun to the Earth in km = 100 108 km
= 108 km