Question

Part B

The mass of the Earth is 6 × 10²⁴ kg. The mass of the sun is 2 × 10³⁰ kg. How many earths would equal the mass of the sun? Use words and mathematics to justify your answer.

Answer 1

The mass of the sun is about 333,000 times larger than the mass of the Earth. To find this, we can divide the mass of the sun by the mass of the Earth:

$\frac{2 × 10³⁰ kg}{6 × 10²⁴ kg} = \frac{200,000,000,000,000,000}{6,000,000,000,000} = 333,333.\overline{3}$

Since the mass of the sun is about 333,333 times larger than the mass of the Earth, we can say that it would take about 333,333 Earths to equal the mass of the sun.