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Annual tuition at a private four-year college averages
3.2
×
1
0
4
3.2 \times 10^{4}
3.2
×
1
0
4
dollars. How many thousands of dollars is that?
\newline
____ thousand dollars
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Divide decimals by whole numbers: word problems
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Q.
Annual tuition at a private four-year college averages
3.2
×
1
0
4
3.2 \times 10^{4}
3.2
×
1
0
4
dollars. How many thousands of dollars is that?
\newline
____ thousand dollars
Convert to Thousands:
To find out how many thousands of dollars the tuition is, we need to convert
3.2
×
1
0
4
3.2 \times 10^4
3.2
×
1
0
4
dollars into thousands.
Calculate Total Amount:
3.2
×
1
0
4
3.2 \times 10^4
3.2
×
1
0
4
dollars means
3.2
3.2
3.2
multiplied by
10
,
000
10,000
10
,
000
, which is
32
,
000
32,000
32
,
000
dollars.
Divide by
1000
1000
1000
:
Since
1
1
1
thousand dollars is equal to
1
,
000
1,000
1
,
000
dollars, we divide
32
,
000
32,000
32
,
000
dollars by
1
,
000
1,000
1
,
000
to find the number of thousands.
Final Answer:
32
,
000
÷
1
,
000
32,000 \div 1,000
32
,
000
÷
1
,
000
equals
32
32
32
.
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