Question

Last year during the July 4th holiday, Americans ate about 150,000,000 hot dogs. Over the entire year, Americans ate a total of about 2 x 10^10. Compute how many times greater the total number of hot dogs eaten by Americans last year was than the number of hot dogs eaten during the 4th of July holiday. Round your answer to the nearest one. times greater than the number of The total number of hot dogs eaten by Americans last year was blank hot dogs eaten during the July 4th holiday.

Answer 1

July 4th quantity: 150,000,000 = 1.5 x 10^9

Entire year quantity: 2 x 10^10 = 2,000,000,000

2,000,000,000 - 150,000,000 = 2 thousand millions - 150 millions =

one thousand, eith hundred fifty millions

2,000,000,000 - 150,000,000 = 1,850,000,000

1,850,000,000 = 1.85x10^10

Americans eated 1,850,000,000 = 1.85x10^10 more hotdogs over the entire year than they eated on the 4th of July

2,000,000,000/150,000,000 = 13.33

Americans eated 13.33 times more hotdogs over the entire year than in the 4th of July