Question

in the united states in 2018, approximately 8,000,000,000 pennies were produced, and approximately 2,000,000,000 quarters were produced. how many times as many pennies were produced as quarters?
what does your answer of 4 mean in the problem?
\\(\frac{\text{number of pennies}}{\text{number of quarters}} = \frac{8,000,000,000}{2,000,000,000} = \frac{8 \cdot 10^9}{2 \cdot 10^9}\\)
\\(= \frac{8}{2} \cdot \frac{10^9}{10^9}\\)
\\(= 4 \cdot 1\\)
\\(= 4\\)
there were approximately 4 times as many \\(\boxed{}\\) as \\(\boxed{}\\) produced in 2018.
pennies
quarters

Explanation:

Step1: Analizar la relación entre cantidades

Tenemos la cantidad de pennies (8,000,000,000) y la de quarters (2,000,000,000). Al dividir la cantidad de pennies entre la de quarters, calculamos cuántas veces más pennies hubo que quarters.

Step2: Interpretar el resultado

El cálculo dio 4, lo que significa que la cantidad de pennies es 4 veces la cantidad de quarters. Entonces, en la primera casilla (donde se pregunta "as many [blank] as [blank]") la primera casilla es "pennies" y la segunda es "quarters", ya que se compara la cantidad de pennies con la de quarters.

Answer:

Primera casilla: pennies
Segunda casilla: quarters