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The population of new york city in 2000 was 8,008,278 What was the order of magnitude of the population of NYC

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Help me please this is an algebra problme but i dont get it?

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  1. If you know how to write numbers in exponential notation, that would give you the answer right away.

    8,008,278 = 8.008278 x 10^6 people.

    The order of magnitude is the value of the exponent, 6.

    Or keep the 8, then count the number of places left = 6.


  2. You're not the only one.  In order to have a magnitude, you need something to compare it to.  If you said that some imaginary town had a population of 8,000, then NYC's population would be 3 orders of magnitude greater.  I think they left something out of the question.
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