An elephant weighs about 5.9 * 106 grams. An ant weighs about 3 * 10-4 grams. An elephant weighs how many times more than an ant weighs? Write your answer in scientific notation, and round the coefficient to the nearest whole number.

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Mathematics

Ali Wall

2 November, 08:20

An elephant weighs about 5.9 * 106 grams. An ant weighs about 3 * 10-4 grams. An elephant weighs how many times more than an ant weighs? Write your answer in scientific notation, and round the coefficient to the nearest whole number.

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Zaid Welch · Answer 1

about 2 times more

Savanah Stein · Answer 2

An elephant weighs 2 * 10 ^10 many times more than an ant weighs.

Step-by-step explanation:

Solution:

The weight of the Elephant divided by the weight of the ant gives us how many times an elephant weighs more than ant.

= 5.9 * 10^6 grams/3 * 10-4 grams

=1.96666 * 10^6

= 2 * 10^10