Question

Which is larger: a megawatt or a kilowatt? how many times larger is it

Answer 1

A megawatt is larger than a kilowatt. The scientific notation for kilo is 10 to the 3, meaning 1000. A mega is 10 to the 6, meaning one million. That means a kilo watt is a thousand watts, and mega is a million watts

Answer 2

A megawatt is larger than a kilowatt

A megawatt is 1000 larger than a kilowatt.

Step-by-step explanation:

A kilowatt is equal to 1,000 watt (the same as the kilogram that is equal to 1000g).

Now for the megawatt the unit with we are more acquainted is the megabyte that is equal to 1,000,000 bytes. Then a megawatt will be equal to 1,000,000 watt.

To know how many times is larger we just need to divide:

`(1,000,000watt)/(1000watt)=1000`

Then a megawatt is 1000 larger than a kilowatt.