Answer:
Explanation:
22. You can write these exponents out if it makes it easier to understand, then convert back into exponential form.
6.48 x 10⁷ = 64800000 France
2.15 x 10⁷ = 21500000 Australia
Subtracting Australia from France = 43300000
Converting back to exponential would be 4.33 x 10⁷
But if you notice both number have the exponent of 10⁷. Since these are both the same, you can just subtract the whole number for Australia from the number for France 6.48 - 2.15 = 4.33
then just put the exponent on the end. 4.33 x 10⁷
23. Again it might be easier to convert to standard numbers first.
Area of Australia = 2.95 x 10⁶ or 2950000
Population = 2.15 x 10⁷ or 21500000
So population per square mile would be population divided by area.
21500000 / 2950000 = 7.3 people per square mile
Now if you look at the two numbers, the exponents are only different by 1. You can easily make the population have the same exponent as the area by moving the decimal place of the whole number
Population 2.15 x 10⁷ is the exact same as 21.5 x 10⁶. Now since both number have the same exponents, you can cancel those out and just divide the whole numbers. 21.5 divided by 2.95 which also equals 7.3.
24. You can look at this the same way.
China population 1.3 x 10⁹ is 1300000000
France population 6.48 x 10⁷ is 64800000
Dividing China by France you get about 20.1 which means China is about 20.1 times great in population than France.
If you use the same method as in question 23, you can change the population of China so the exponent matches that of France.
1.3 x 10⁹ is exactly the same as 130 x 10⁷
Again, since both exponents are the same, you can cancel them out and just divide the whole numbers.
130 / 6.48 which also equals about 20.1