Question

A company has 5x10^4 square feet of office space. Another company has 8x10^3 square feet of office space. About how many times greater is the larger company’s space than the smaller company’s space?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Hopefully this is the answer but I got

6.25 or 6 ¼

Step-by-step explanation:

5 × 10⁴ = 5 × 10000= 50,000

8 ×10³ = 8 × 1000= 8000

50,000/8000 = 6.25 or 6 1/4

Large company (50k) is 6.25 times bigger than smaller(8k)