What state used the largest amount of energy?

Grade level: 3rd – 4th grades

Skills: Expanded notation

Related environmental issues: Energy

 

The table below shows the average amount of energy used by a person in the top 10 energy using states in 2016.

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1. Arrange the states from greatest to least.

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2. How many even numbers do these numbers have?

3. Which state has a number closest in value to 490?

4.Which state has a number whose expanded notation is written as

(4 x 100) + (7 x 10) + (2 x 1)?

5. How can you write Indiana’s number in expanded notation?

Sources:U.S. Energy Information Administration

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Answer keys

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  2. 3
  3. Iowa
  4. Texas
  5. (4 x 100) + (2 x 10) + (2 x 1)