Question

Teachers counted 8,912 monarch butterflies on one branch of a tree in Mexico. If this is 1,000 × as large as the total number of butterflies at the site, how many butterflies were at the site in all?

a) 8,912,000
b) 8,912,100
c) 8,912,200
d) 8,912,589

Answer 1

To find the total number of butterflies at the site, divide the number on one branch by the factor given, which is 1,000. Therefore, there were approximately 8.912 million butterflies at the site in all.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the total number of butterflies at the site, we need to divide the number of butterflies on one branch by the factor given. The factor in this case is 1,000. So, we divide 8,912 by 1,000.

8,912 ÷ 1,000 = 8.912

Therefore, there were approximately 8.912 million butterflies at the site in all.