Question

Average ant weight 4x10^-3 grams. Ant population is 10,000 trillion (10,000,000,000,000,000). What is the total mass of all ants? Show work for mass of ants (grams):​

Answer 1

The total mass is 4 * 10^12 grams

Explanation:

To get the total mass of all ants,

We simply multiply the average mass of an ant by the population

That will be;

4 * 10^-3 * 10^15

= 4 * 10^12 grams