Question

PLS HELP ASAP!! I DONT UNDERSTAND…

3) There are a lot of spiders in Oklahoma. One colony, located in Edmond, Oklahoma has a total of 1.6 x 10^3 spiders living there. A second colony, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma has a total of 3.3 x 10^5 spiders living there. How does the size of the spider colony in Edmond compare to the one in Tulsa?

A) 2 times smaller
B) 20 times larger
C) 200 times larger
D) 20 times smaller

Answer 1

Answer: C 200 times larger

Explanation:

If you want to compare Edmond to Tulsa

Edmond = 1.6 x 10^3

Tulsa = 3.3 x 10^5

10 to the power of anything means 1 and what ever that power is, that's how many 0's you put on.

Ex. 10^3 = 1000

10^5 = 100000

So Edmond = 1.6 x 1000

Tulsa = 3.3 x 100000

If you multply by 10's 100's etc. the amount of 0's you have is how many you will move your decimal point

So Edmond = 1600

Tulsa = 330000

You can see that when comparing edmond to tulsa it got a lot larger. 200 times larger.