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There are 8 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to STEM - Orders Of Magnitude, you may find related items under STEM mapping.
Broad Topics > STEM mapping > STEM - Orders Of MagnitudeUse your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
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Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size
Can you work out the parentage of the ancient hero Gilgamesh?
Which dilutions can you make using only 10ml pipettes?
How many generations would link an evolutionist to a very distant ancestor?