Question

Here is a table showing the areas of the seven largest

countries.
How much greater is the area of Russia than the area of
Canada?

Answer 1

`7.12\cdot10^{6`

Explanation:

because you get 7,120,000 by subtracting the number of the places then you make that into scientific notation and you get 7.12*10^6

Answer 2

7,120,000

Explanation:

how much greater is it?

it is like asking for the difference

so we subtract the land area of Canada from Russia

to get the answer we got above