How can we draw the Solar System to scale?
Shrink the Sun to 10 cm and use the same scale for planets and distances. Why does Earth become smaller than a millimetre while Neptune needs a 323 m route?
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What is a proportion, and how does scale work?
Enlarge an Earth–Moon model without distorting it. Diameter ratios explain proportions, fixed scales, and why lengths, areas and volumes change by different factors.
What are a million, a billion and a trillion?
Why is a billion so much larger than a million? Understand groups of thousands, powers of ten and a seconds-based comparison, and avoid the billion–billón trap.