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SSAT Upper Level
Quantitative (Math)

Proton vs. Electron Mass Comparison

Hard Number And Operations Scientific Notation

Consider the following problem involving scientific notation:

If the mass of an electron is approximately $9.11 \times 10^{-31}$ kilograms, and the mass of a proton is approximately $1.67 \times 10^{-27}$ kilograms, how many times heavier is a proton compared to an electron when expressed in scientific notation?

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