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Why Do We Need Big Numbers?
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When someone asks you how far your school is from your house you may say, "Very far."
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To a stranger asking for directions to the school, you would probably say, "Five kilometres, Sir."
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The Sun is 300,000 times heavier than the Earth. To write the mass of the Sun in tonnes you need to write 2 followed by 27 zeroes.
Numbers help us to understand the world around us better.
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