There are about 2 x 10^3 books in the Oak school library. There are about 6 x 10^5 books in the Oak township library. Which is the best estimate of how many times as many books are in the oak township library as in the Oak school library?

30

3

3000

300

Respuesta :

the answer would be 300 because 2 x 10^3 = 2000 and 6 x 10^5 = 600000. when you divide 600000 by 2000 it equals 300.

Answer:

Oak township books are 300 times  Oak school Library

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of books in Oak Township = [tex]6 X 10^5[/tex]

Number of books in Oak School =[tex]2 X 10^3[/tex]

Dividing Oak Township books by Oak School books ,we get

[tex]\frac{6X10^5}{2X10^3}[/tex]

on solving  ,we get

[tex]3X10^2[/tex]

3 X100

300