Scientific Notation Multiply/ Divide word Problems

3. In the year 2000, the United States public debt was about 5.6 x 10¹² dollars.  The population of the United States in that year was about 2.8 x 10⁸ people.  What was the average debt per person?

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There are approximately 3.1 x 10⁸ people in the United States. If each person has 4.1 x 10¹ coins, how many coins are there altogether?

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The mass of he sun is 1.989 x 10³⁰ kilograms. The mass of the earth is 5.98 x 10²⁴ kilograms. How many times bigger is the sun than the earth?

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A factory can make 3 × 10⁴ t-shirts per day, how many t-shirts will it make in 2.5 ×10² days?

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A microgram is equal to 1 x 10 ^-6 grams. How many times greater than a microgram is 1 x 10² grams? 

• 1 x 10^-8
• 1 x 10^-4
• 1 x 10⁴
• 1 x 10⁸

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The mass of he sun is 1.989 x 10³⁰ kilograms. The mass of the earth is 5.98 x 10²⁴ kilograms. How many times bigger is the sun than the earth?

• 3.326 x 10⁵
• 3.326 x 10⁶
• 1.99 x 10³⁰
• 1.99 x 10⁶

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5. The Colorado Department of Education spent about 4.408 x 10⁹ in fiscal year 2004-2005 on public schools.  There were about 7.6 x 10⁵ students enrolled in public school.  What was the average spending per student? 

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