Question

Large Number Calculations

The US consumes an average of 5.56 million metric tons of bananas per year. There are 314 million people in the
US and there are 1000 kg in 1 metric ton.
Round answer (except last one) to three significant digits.
(1848576 with 3 SD's becomes 1850000 = 1.85E6)
How many kilogram of bananas are consumed per person in a year
kilograms of bananas per person per year.​

Answer 1

17.7 kg

Explanation:

(5.56×10⁶ T)/(314×10⁶ person)×(10³ kg/T) = (5.56×10⁹ kg)/(0.314×10⁹ person)

= 5.56/0.314 kg/person ≈ 17.7 kg/person