Alaska is the largest state in the United States with an area of about 1.5 x 10^6 square kilometers. Rhode Island is the smallest state with an area of about 2,700 square kilometers. About how many times larger is Alaska than Rhode Island?

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Mohamed Gould

25 September, 12:42

Alaska is the largest state in the United States with an area of about 1.5 x 10^6 square kilometers. Rhode Island is the smallest state with an area of about 2,700 square kilometers. About how many times larger is Alaska than Rhode Island?

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Alaska Is Big!

You could fit Rhode Island into Alaska 425 times! One-fifth the size of the Lower 48, Alaska is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined! Alaska is also far-flung: 62.5 times wider (east to west) and 29.1 times taller (north to south) than Rhode Island.