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Understand the scale of science.

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When one thing is ten times as large as another, it is said to be $"$an order of magnitude" larger. A hundred times larger is two orders of magnitude. A thousand is three orders of magnitude. By how many orders of magnitude is the Empire State Building taller than a chair seat? Enter an integer.

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