Question

The population of Columbus, Ohio, in 2014 was about 823,000. The population in the United States was about 319 million in 2014.

A write each population in scientific notation

B About how many times larger was the population of the United States than the population of Cilumbus, Ohio? Show your work.

Answer 1

Alright so what is 823,000 and 319,000,000 in sci not?

Answer 2

823,000 is 8.23 x 5

Answer 3

Yup

Answer 4

8.23 x 10^5

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

And 3.19 x 108

Answer 7

8 is small

Answer 8

Yep, so that's A. Now what do you think we would need to do for B?

Answer 9

Divide?

Answer 10

Yes you would divide

Answer 11

Wait, divide 319,000,000 / 823,000?

Answer 12

Yes, and that number is how many times larger the population of the US was compared to Ohio.

Answer 13

387.6?