7 billion chocolate chip cookies are consumed annually. In order to find out how many cookies are consumed on average by every person in the United States, what other information would you need to know in order to solve the problem?
How many people are in the United States?
about 300 million
To determine the average number of cookies consumed by every person in the United States, you would also need to know the population of the United States. Once you have that information, you can divide the total number of cookies consumed annually (7 billion) by the population of the United States to calculate the average number of cookies consumed per person.
So, in summary, the additional information you would need to solve the problem is the population of the United States.