Question

The Arctic Ocean has an area of about 5×106 square miles. The Atlantic Ocean has an area of about 3×107 square miles. Use these numbers to complete the sentence below. Write your answer in standard form, without using exponents.

The Atlantic Ocean is about how many times as large as the Arctic Ocean?

Answer 1

1.65x

Explanation:

multiply 3x107 to get 321.

multiply 5x106 to get 530.

divide 530 by 321 to get 1.65x