Question

The area of Australia is approximately 7.7 x 10^6 km. If it were to be divided into states of about 1.54 x 10^6 km, how many states would there be? ​

Answer 1

5

7.7 x 10^6 / 1.54 x 10^6

note that the 10^6 / 10^6 cancles out (gets to *1 or rather /1)

7.7 / 1.54 is exactly 5