An 9009h2
7 There are almost 40 thousand fourth graders in Mississippi and almost 400 thousand fourth graders in
Texas. There are almost 4 million fourth graders in the United States.
We write 4 million as 4,000,000. How many times more fourth graders are there in Texas than in
Mississippi? How many times more fourth graders are there in the United States than in Texas? Use the
approximate populations listed above to solve.
There are about 4 thousand fourth graders in Washington, D.C. How many times more fourth graders are
there in the United States than in Washington, D.C.?