Unit 3 Contents

State Populations

Use the 2012 State Populations Table 1 to complete each question. Discuss your answers with a partner.

1. In which state do the students in the play live?
2. What is the reported population of Alabama?
3. What is the reported population of Florida?
1. Which state has the larger population, Alabama or Florida? How did you decide?
2. Put the populations of Alabama, Florida, and the state you identified in Question 1 in order from smallest to largest.
1. Which state population has a 9 in the ten thousands place?
2. Which state populations have a 9 in the hundred thousands place?