Introduction to Magnitude

A detailed tutorial of how to solve for magnitude. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to solve for magnitude for reference.

The magnitude refers to size – in mathematical concepts, what is larger? What has a greater value or quantity? This is what you look for when arranging things in order of magnitude. Several different measurements are considered to be types of magnitude – examples are volume, area, and length. Things that can be ordered by magnitude are fractions, line segments, planes, solids, and angles. Magnitude is considered to be measured only in positive, not in negative – not to say that the absolute value is taken, just that negative numbers are not included.