Question

Working out a problem involving relative populations of states in the southwestern United States, you calculate that the population of California (37,250,000) is _____ the population of Arizona (6,392,000).

a.)about four times bigger than

b.)about twice as big as

c.)about three times bigger than

d.)about six times bigger than

Answer 1

Take Arizona's population. About how many times do you have to multiply it to reach California's population?

Answer 2

about 4 x ?

Answer 3

or 6 x huh ?

Answer 4

No. Lets look at it like this. Arizona's population is about 6 million. California's population is about 36 million. 6 (Arizona's population) times what equals 36?

Answer 5

There ya go :)

Answer 6

hah ! thanks : )