Question

An elephant weighs about 1.3×10 to the power of 4 pounds a car weighs about 4×10 to the power 3 pounds an elephant weighs about how many times more than the car weighs write your answer in standard notation

Answer 1

`(13)/(4)`times

Explanation:

Weight of elephant = 1.3 x 10⁴lb = 13000lb

Weight of car = 4 x 10³lb = 4000lb

Unknown:

Number of times the elephant weigh more than the car = ?

Solution:

The number of times =
`(Weight of elephant)/(Weight of car)`

Number of times =
`(13000)/(4000)` =
`(13)/(4)` times