A large pavilion is made of 2.967 × 10⁵ bricks. There are 6.9 bricks per square foot. How many square feet is the pavilion? Write the answer in scientific notation.

Answer 1

To find the number of square feet in the pavilion, we need to divide the total number of bricks by the number of bricks per square foot.

Number of square feet = Total number of bricks / Number of bricks per square foot

Number of square feet = 2.967 × 10⁵ / 6.9

Number of square feet = (2.967 / 6.9) × 10⁵

Number of square feet = 0.43 × 10⁵

Since 0.43 is less than 1 and greater than -1, we can convert the decimal to scientific notation by moving the decimal point one place to the right.

Number of square feet = 4.3 × 10⁴

Therefore, the pavilion is approximately 4.3 × 10⁴ square feet.