Compare partial products and regrouping

Let us first describe how partial product and regrouping are alike:

Partial Products and Regrouping are alike because both methods are multiplied by one number and if the product of the number has 2 digits it can be carried.

Now let us discuss how they are different:

Partial Products and Regrouping are different because Partial Products are doing multiplication step by step and regrouping is regular multiplication.

Hope it helps.

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.