The order of magnitude of a number is the power of 10 closest to the number. In the case of 500, the number is between 10^2 (100) and 10^3 (1000). Therefore, the order of magnitude of 500 is 10^2 or 100.
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A magnitude is factor of 10 An order of magnitude is a factor of "about 10". Two orders of magnitude is about 100. For example, if something is two orders of magnitude higher than 3, it would be about 300. Order in this case means about, or approximate. To the nearest order of magnitude , 3200 is 3000
The order of magnitude of people in Portland is 5.
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