A city lunch program for seniors received a grant of 1.925 x 10^6 dollars. Divide that figure by the cost of $2.75 per lunch to find out how Many seniors lunches the grant can provide. Write the answer in scientific notation.
To find out how many senior's lunches the grant can provide, we need to divide the grant amount by the cost per lunch.
1.925 x 10^6 dollars / $2.75 per lunch
To divide these numbers, we need to divide the numerical parts and subtract the exponents:
1.925 / 2.75 = 0.7
10^6 / 1 = 10^6
Combining these results, we get:
0.7 x 10^6 lunches
Since 0.7 multiplied by 10^6 is the same as moving the decimal point 6 places to the right, the answer can be expressed in scientific notation as:
7 x 10^5 lunches
To find out how many senior lunches the grant can provide, divide the grant amount of 1.925 x 10^6 dollars by the cost per lunch of $2.75.
1.925 x 10^6 / 2.75
To divide numbers in scientific notation, divide the coefficients (the numbers in front) and subtract the exponents (the powers of 10).
1.925 / 2.75 = 0.7
10^6 / 10^0 = 10^(6-0) = 10^6
Therefore, the grant can provide approximately 0.7 x 10^6 senior lunches.
To find out how many senior's lunches the grant can provide, we need to divide the grant amount by the cost of each lunch.
The grant amount is given as 1.925 x 10^6 dollars.
The cost of each lunch is $2.75.
To divide these numbers, we divide the grant amount by the cost per lunch:
(1.925 x 10^6 dollars) / ($2.75 per lunch)
When dividing numbers in scientific notation, we keep the coefficient of the dividend and divide the exponents.
So, we divide 1.925 by 2.75, and subtract the exponents 10^6 and 1:
1.925 / 2.75 = 0.7 (approximately)
10^6 / 10^1 = 10^(6-1) = 10^5
Therefore, the answer is 0.7 x 10^5.
In scientific notation, this can be written as 7 x 10^4.