Comparing State Populations
The population of California is about 3.7 x 107 and the population of Oklahoma is about 3.7 x 106. How much larger is California’s population?
Here is one way to think about the two populations:
Here is another way to think about it: If 1 figure represents Oklahoma’s population, California’s population would be 10 figures.
California has 10 times the number of people as Oklahoma. That’s a lot of people!
