A giant anteater is able to eat 7.0 lb of ants in a day. If an ant has a mass of 85 mg, how many ants does the giant anteater eat in a day?

Question

Answer should be written as _______X10^4 ants.

Answer 1

7.0 lbs x 454 g/lb x 1000 mg/g x 1 ant/85 mg = 37,388 ants = 3.7x10⁴ ants (to 2 significant figures)