Gina wants to ship 3 books that weigh 2 7/16 pounds 1 7/8 pounds and 1/2 pound the max weight she can ship is 6 pounds estimate to see if gina can ship all 3 books explain the answer.

First note that:

Then add all three numbers:

The total weight of books is pounds that is less than 6 pounds.

Gina can ship all 3 books

a is the right answer

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.