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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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The US spends an average of 1.02x10⁴ dollars on each student per year. There are about 7.6x10⁷ students in the US. About how much money total is spent on students per year?

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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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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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• 3.6 x 10²

• 3.6 x 10⁸

• 4.6 x 10⁸

• 4.6 x 10²

Solve:
\frac{6\times10^6}{2\times10^3}

• 12 x 10³

• 3 x 10⁹

• 1.2 x 10⁴

• 3 x 10³

(2 x 10⁹)(4 x 10^-4)

• 8 x 10¹³

• 8 x 10³⁶

• 8 x 10⁵

• 8 x 10^-36

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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Solve:
\frac{6\times10^6}{2\times10^3}

• 12 x 10³

• 3 x 10⁹

• 1.2 x 10⁴

• 3 x 10³

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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