Question

1. In 2012, the population of NY was about 2.4 x 10^7 and the population of Oregon was 4 x 10^5.
How many more people live in NY than in Oregon?

Answer 1

To find out how many more people live in NY than in Oregon, we can subtract the population of Oregon from the population of NY:

2.4 x 10^7 - 4 x 10^5 = 2.4 x 10^7 - 0.4 x 10^7 = 2.0 x 10^7

Therefore, there are 20,000,000 more people living in NY than in Oregon.