Question

About how many times larger was the population of the United States than the population of Columbus,Ohio?show your work .....the population oh Columbus was 823,000 and United States was 319 million in suppose to use it in scientific notation to get the answer I have the answer for scientific notataion but I just don't know how to show how many times larger in scientific notation ..

Answer 1

Im*

Answer 2

@madangerzone

Answer 3

319,000,000/823,000 = ...

Answer 4

Don't I have to do it in scientific notation

Answer 5

yes, the answer is roughly 387.6

Answer 6

in scientific notation, 3.8 x 10^2

Answer 7

Oh so I just put the answer in scientific notation I thought I had to like do it like this 3.19 *10^8 / 8.23*10^5

Answer 8

?

Answer 9

sorry i was away, no you divide first, then you convert to scientific notation

Answer 10

Are you sure?like 100 percent sure

Answer 11

Because I know there's a way you can do it like that

Answer 12

@jackthegreatest

Answer 13

the converting to scientific notation first also works

Answer 14

Can you show me how I would do that I think I need to show my work like that

Answer 15

If I don't show my work I won't get any points

Answer 16

you just divide it separately

Answer 17

do you get now? @kelhina

Answer 18

what did you do on that second response ?I got confused after that

Answer 19

whats the second response

Answer 20

what did you do right there

Answer 21

ahh i divided 3.19/8.23

Answer 22

and i divided the 10^8/10^5

Answer 23

oh okay i see now i get it now thank you!!!

Answer 24

yay! another person helped : )

Answer 25

thank you so much really it means a lot

Answer 26

: ) my pleasure

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Answer 28

@jackthegreatest hey im sorry lol one more question how much greater would i say it was in a sentence

Answer 29

in scientific notation right?

Answer 30

ugh honestly i dont even know i think in standard form

Answer 31

but im not sure standard form seems more accurate

Answer 32

scientific: 3.8 x 10^2
regular: roughly 387 times

Answer 33

so id start with United Sates population was ........ greater than Columbus,Ohio. What would go in the middle tho

Answer 34

oh okay so just 387 times right?

Answer 35

yep

Answer 36

alright thank you