To find out how many times larger the population of the United States was compared to the population of Columbus, Ohio in 2014, we can use the following formula:
\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{\text{Population of the United States}}{\text{Population of Columbus, Ohio}} \]
Given the populations:
- Population of the United States = 319 million = \( 319,000,000 \)
- Population of Columbus, Ohio = 823,000
Now substituting the values into the formula:
\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{319,000,000}{823,000} \]
Calculating the ratio:
\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{319,000,000}{823,000} \approx 387.7 \]
Now, we can express this in scientific notation.
387.7 in scientific notation is:
\[ 3.877 \times 10^2 \]
Thus, the population of the United States was approximately \( 3.88 \times 10^2 \) times larger than the population of Columbus, Ohio in 2014.