Question

In 2012 the population of India was 1.273 billion while the population of the US was 314.4 million. Calculate how many times larger the population of India was compared to theUS. (Show your work/calculations in the space below).a. 0.40b. 4.05c. 2.89d. 40.5e. 312.2

Answer 1

One billion is equivalent a thousand million, then to convert billions to millions, we just need to multiply the number in billions by 1000, like this:

1.273 billion *1000= 1273 million

To know how many times larger is the Indian population compared to the US population, we just divide the Indian population by the US population, like this:

`(1273)/(314.4)\approx4.05`

Then, the Indian population is 4.05 times the US population